What You Will Do
A superb Experience in the wonderful Val d'Orcia between Noble vines & Medieval cities
• Our driver escort will pick you up at your location (hotel, B&B or private apartment) and take you on a drive through the sweet hills of Tuscany.
• 1° stop in Montepulciano for a visit of the Historic Cellars. Here you'll find gigantic oak barrels, in which the famous Vino Nobile “rest”. We'll taste wines in 2 different cellars.
• For lunch you will taste the famous pasta with "Pici", with delicious meat sauce (Ragù) and tuscan cold cuts
• In the afternoon we will drive to Pienza, the town of the Pecorino cheese. The Pecorino is one of the best cheeses in Italy, especially the version 'sotto cenere' - ('under ashes')
• Afterwards we will visit another farm in Montalcino. After visiting the spectacular vineyards and cellars, the tour will continue with 5 wine tastings in this prestigious winery, where the Brunello has been produced for generations.
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Cancellation Policy
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Itinerary
1
Montepulciano
2 hours
Our driver will pick you up at your location (hotel, B&B or private apartment) and take you on a drive through the sweet hills of Tuscany.
We will arrive at the main square of Montepulciano, we'll visit the city one Historic Cellars. Here you will find gigantic oak barrels, in which the famous Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG and the Rosso di Montepulciano DOC “rest”.
Later we'll have one wine tasting experiences in Historic Cellars and a delicious tuscan lunch.
Tour & Wine Tasting:
Guided tour of the Historical Cellar and wine tasting:
- Rosso di Montepulciano Doc
- Nobile di Montepulciano Docg
- Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva Docg
- Super Tuscan Wine
- Pasata with Pici
- Pecorino cheese from Pienza, Bruschettas.
- Typical Tuscan cold cuts (prosciutto, loin, salami).
2
Pienza
45 minutes
In the afternoon we will drive to Pienza, the town of the Pecorino cheese. The Pecorino is one of the best cheese in Italy, especially the version 'sotto cenere' or 'under ashes'. The cheese has ancient origins and has probably been produced in the zone since man first settled here. Leaving the city of Pienza we will drive through one of the most beautiful "Tuscan wine roads", famous for taking the photographs that we find in many tourist books of Tuscany: rows of cypresses, rolling hills, wheat fields and rows of vineyards. Many films have been shot in this area such as: Gladiator and Under the Tuscan Sun.
3
Montalcino
1 hour 10 minutes
Later we will move in Montalcino for another wine tasting in a prestigious winery and farm.
This historic family produces Brunello for generations:
Brunello di Montalcino is one of Italy's most famous and prestigious wines. All Brunello di Montalcino wine is made exclusively from "Sangiovese Grosso" grapes grown on the slopes around Montalcino.
You'll visit of the farm and cellars, where after a short wine lesson, about the local production, you will taste the prestigious Brunello of Montalcino wine. Five wine tastings:
- 1 Rosso di Montalcino
- 2 Brunello riserva
- 1 Super Tuscan
- 1 Rosè
At the end of the visit we'll come back to your location. (Hotel, B&B or private flat).
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