We are glad to propose you your best tour of Tuscany from Florence offering our Montepulciano and Montalcino Wine tour with stop in Pienza.

Located in the renown Valdorcia, Montepulciano will be the first on your itinerary for wine tasting of the most important product of this area, the famous Montepulciano wine the Nobile Wine.

Your first visit will be at a Nobile di Montepulciano winery for a private tour of the cellars and for a wine tasting. The winemakers will welcome you and while visiting the vineyards, they will explein you the caratteristics territory and the methods of production of Vino Nobile, the Montepulciano Wine with its millenarian tradition as nobile di Montepulciano has Etruscan origins. the Montepulciano wine tasting will follow which will introduce you to the characteristics of Vino Nobile. You will be served with 5 different wines and vintages usually starting from young to old wines from regular productions to special reserves wines.

Soon after you will visit the medieval town of Montepulciano where you will have time to enjoy a stroll between its enchanting streets and little squares and to do some shopping of the local products.

We will reserve for you lunch at a Tuscan “Trattoria” in Pienza, the small Renaissance gem village of Val d’Orcia famous for its historical center, its amazing countryside and its food, especially local Pecorino cheese, to sample the delicacies of the area. We will drive through the Valdorcia hills to reach Pienza. During your drive you will be surrounded by the Tuscan Countryside, by montepulciano vineyards, olive grows and wheet fields.

Following you will be driven to Montalcino and the surrounding area that lies 20 minutes from Pienza. You will have the opportunity to taste Brunello di Montalcino that will make you experience the life and work of people producing probably the best italian red wine, famous all over of the world. Your Brunello wine tour will start at the Montalcino winery, a small top tuscan wine producer, where you will be expleined with its secrets, while going through the fields and touching the vines, visiting the equipment premises and discovering the aging cellars.  Your Brunello wine tasting will make you more familiar with Brunello red wine and some other Supertuscans and whites produced in the area.

Brunello di Montalcino is a certified product at European level as DOCG and its production is established through very strict rules of the “Brunello di Montalcino Consortium”. The first rule is that red Brunello is made with 100% Sangiovese Grosso. The best Sangiovese in the world, due to a particular microclimate and to minimum 5 years of aging before it is realised.

The tour will start directly at your accommodation in Florence or from any Tuscan Town. We will drive about 4 hours in total comfort, amongst beautiful countryside, to reach the heart of the south province of Siena and its marvelous wines Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Brunello di Montalcino.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Available: All year round, rain or shine
 Duration: approximately 10 hours Travel time: approximately 4 hours
All drivers/guides are Tuscan locals
All tours can be customized according to your interests and/or timetable
Tours in Tuscany can make suggestions for a personalized itinerary based on your preferences
Quotes for tour will be personalized according to your needs, timetable, group size, etc.

 

Wineries – Boutique wineries, well rated internationally and out of mass tourism.

Note we can also check availability to visit wineries suggested by you.

Wines tasted – Reds: Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Riserva di Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (San Giovese grape, variety Prugnolo Genitle blended with other local red grape), Brunello di Montalcino, Riserva di Brunello di Montalcino (100% San Giovese, variety San Giovese Grosso), Rosso di Montepulciano, Rosso di Montalcino.

 

 

INCLUDED IN THE TOUR

• Luxury, air-conditioned vehicle
• Pick up and drop off in Florence and vicinity
• English-speaking driver at disposal all day
• All local taxes, gasoline, highway/parking tolls, and driver's meal

 

NOT INCLUDED

• Lunch
• Admission fees where required unless otherwise specified
• Guide inside of official tourist sites such as museums and churches