Brunello di Montalcino Wine Tour
On Tuesdays from March until November.Check availability !
This tour has been thought for all those people that really likes full body wines. Along this trips you will have the chance to visit small wineries that produce the famous Brunello di Montalcino. You will have the opportunity to meet the owner of the winery who will be proud to explain the wine making process and he will lead you to the wine tasting of Brunello DOCG and Rosso di Montalcino DOC wines.
Departure from Florence at 9:00 a.m. Where we meet
Schedule
- 9.00 a.m. Departure from Florence ( On request pick-up at Siena)
- 11.00 a.m. Arrival at Montalcino and visit to the first winery, where you can meet the wine grower who will show you the techniques of viticulture. Wine tasting.
- 01.00 p.m. Lunch at the local restaurant or in a winery.
- 02.45 p.m. Driving along the hills where you can see the different type of vineyard.
- 03.30 p.m. Visit to the second winery, where you can visit the cellar and in the end you have a wine tasting.
- 04.30 p.m. Return to Florence where will be at approx. 6 p.m.
Price is 160,00 Eur per person
Price includes:
- 2 wineries visit along whit wine tasting
- delicious Tuscan lunch in a local restaurant
- minimum 4 participants.
- stop to Montalcino town or Sant'Antimo Abbey
Customer Feedback:
August 5th 2011
I randomly chose Italy and Wine run by Vittorio Del Bono Venezze online for a Brunello tour this August, and was very pleased with the tour and what I learned during it. Vittorio's knowledge of Tuscan wines is tremendous, and he spent much of the drive between Florence and Montalcino providing a very helpful education us about Italy's classification system and on the various wines we would encounter in Italy generally.
The two Brunello vineyards selected by Vittorio were both very good, but their differences in terms of setting, approach and philosophy on winemaking made for a particularly interesting tour. The first - Casanova dei Neri - was fairly large and has an interesting new building built into a small hillside, rendering it nearly invisible from the road. This winery has produced numerous top-ranked and award-winning Brunellos, and the facility employs both modern and traditional techniques and tools to produce these great wines.
The second, called Giacomo, was tiny, producing only 8,000 or so bottles per year, including just several dozen bottles of grappa. All of its wines are organic. This winery does not export to the United States, so I feel we were given a very rare opportunity to try and buy this wine. The owner/enologist himself led us through the tasting, and his passion for the wines was infectious - he actually poured a glass of his future 2007 Brunello for each of us straight from the vat (and it was wonderful!).
Lunch at a trattoria serving traditional Tuscan foods was also fantastic - one of the best meals I had in Italy this summer.
I really enjoyed this trip, and highly recommend Italy and Wine.
Jennifer Babcock, Washington, USA
Space is limited, so we suggest booking in advance. The tour will go ahead with3 or more persons. Check availability !
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