Brunello di Montalcino Tour

Overview

Discover Montalcino and its Wine Cellars, the most sophisticated expression of Sangiovese in Tuscany. The tour will include a visit to three boutique wineries.

Itinerary

The tour starts from Siena at 8:30 – 9 a.m.

We will offer you a visit to the farm, from the vineyards to the wine cellars, from the explanation of the fermentation of each wine to the tasting. The tasting will include local food, all from the area, Tuscan prosciutto, Tuscan salame, Lombo, finocchiona, diffent pecorino cheese, and extravirgin olive oil.

We will offer you lunch at the best Trattoria, located in San Angelo in Colle (from Wednesday to Saturday) or at the winery (Mondays and Tuesdays), where you can try a different wine for each meal, 4/5 courses authentic Tuscan lunch and we will serve you a new wine for each course.

The visit will also include the tasting of the honey since one of the farm products is the most delicious honey of Montalcino.

After lunch, we can visit another winery, Brunello, and having time, we can drive for a visit and walk to Bagno Vignoni, a beautiful Medieval village not too far from Montalcino and part of the Orcia Valley.

Tour’s Location

Montalcino
An Enchanting Medieval Walled Village on the South of Siena overlooking
the Natural Park of the Orcia Valley, with a majestic fortress surrounded by its walls like an ancient castle.
The King of the Sangiovese was born here in Montalcino in 1888, thanks to Ferruccio
Biondi Santi was the first wine producer to use only Sangiovese Grosso vines.
So the name Brunello was born in the IX Century here in Tuscany, where this autochthonous vine started to be called Brunello.
The wines produced in Tuscany are a real piece of heart under the D.O.C.G. Italian category reflects an essential expression in the Italian wine world. It can be made only around his municipality’s hills rich in minerals, like sandstones and volcanic origin, because of the Amiata Mountain, the silent, inactive ancient volcano.