TOUR DESCRIPTION

We are proud to propose you the best wine tour in montepulciano. If you reserve your montepulciano winery tour with toursintuscany we will reach you in the morning at your accommodation and you will begin you Montepulciano wine tour from Florence or from your place in any Tuscany towns with about 90 minutes drive in your comfortable deluxe minivan so that you will easily reach the Valdorcia region.

Montepulciano, one of the most beautiful Tuscany town, has etruscan origins dating back to 600 bC is built on the top of sandstone hill and protected by walls.

During your journey you will be immersed in the true Tuscan Countryside made of green hills where Tuscan Villas and typical Tuscan Coutryhouses have been built. You will be surrounded by montepulciano vineyards, olive grows and at the end of your first drive you will reach the first montepulciano winery in the region immediately outside the city.

The winemakers will be happy to welcome you and while visiting the vineyards and cellars, they will introduce you to the territory and methods of production of Vino Nobile, the Montepulciano Wine and its almost millenarian history as nobile di Montepulciano has Etruscan origins prior to the Roman era. A first Montepulciano wine tasting will follow which will introduce you to the characteristics of Vino Nobile. You will be proposed with some different wines and vintages usually starting from young to old wines from regular productions to special reserves wines.

Vino Nobile, the Montepulciano Wine, is a product certified DOCG (Denomination of Origin Controlled and Guarantied) and its production is regulated by the Consorzio del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, which establishes the rules of production and carries out analyses and controls on the characteristics and quality of the wine.

The first most important rule is that the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is made with at least 70% Sangiovese Prugnolo Gentile.

Montepulciano Wineries also produce Supertuscan Blended Wines, Vinsanto, white Tuscan wines, all made of international grapes, that you can try.

Following the advices of your driver you will discover the things to do in Montepulciano. You will visit the old centre and stroll through the enchanting backstreets of the medieval town of Montepulciano, rich of architectures of the Renaissance age, when the master builders became artists by building the first real palaces for the local Noble Families who were already trading wine and extra virgin olive oil.

You will stop for lunch in town where you will taste the original Tuscan food of the province of Siena, paired with Montepulciano wine Vino Nobile, one of the oldest and most appreciated reds in the world.

One of the peculiar characteristics of Montepulciano is that cellars under the ancient palaces are still used to age the wine. Some of these noble residences offer the opportunity to be visited therefore we will organize your second tasting after descending  into the underground heart of Montepulciano where already the Etruscans dig in the limestone, safe caves to save from incursions the precious "Nectar of Gods".

In the afternoon we will guide you through the hills painted in the colors of wheat and we will return slowly home and you will have time to take pictures of the countryside of Montepulciano that, we are sure, you will never forget.

Obviously we can organize the day to include the visit of 3 cellars or to stop to see the village of Pienza. If you already know wine estates you want to visit, we will be happy to book your visit for you. Otherwise, we will propose some solutions.

CULTURAL NOTES

The first time you go to Valdorcia, you hardly realize that you arrived into it.

From each direction, slowly the landscape becomes sweeter, the number of cars decreases, if you stop in a village for a Capuccino you feel the silence of this unique valley.

Woods and stony soils are now replaced by the gentle clay hills cultivated with wheat that change colors every season.

Many greys and browns in winter when the earth is turned up waiting for the spring to come. Then everything changes into the green of the early threads of wheat. As this matures under the Tuscan sun, everything turns gold.

As in a fairy tale, you can immerse yourself into a peaceful place, of which you can feel the antique memory of its troubled history, sometimes tiring and sometimes glorious.

This is what you feel especially when you arrive in Montepulciano to enjoy a day and to taste its most refined product, the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.

Known since the Middle Ages this wine has had its original characteristics, with a fruity taste of red and black berries, produced with Sangiovese grapes, more precisely with a local clone called Prugnolo Gentile, often aged in French or Slovenian oak woods.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Available: All year round. Rain or shine
• Duration: 9/10 hours
• Traveling time: 4 hours
• Area: Montepulciano and surrounding area in the south province of Siena – (see map)
• Allergy Caring: We can cater to all sorts, please let us know ahead of time.
• Wineries: Well Rated
• Supertuscans Blended IGT, Vinsanto aged sweet wine, Some Whites certified as IGT.

Wines available for tasting:

- Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG (70% Sangiovese, 30% other local red grapes)

- Rosso di Montepulciano DOCG (70% Sangiovese, 30% other local red grapes)

- Vinsanto (Sweet wine produced with local grape and aged in wood barrels to be used as meditation wine or to be paired with cakes and buscuits)

- Vino Bianco (White wines of the area such as Vermentino, or Chardonnay and other international grapes)

- Supertuscans Blended IGT,

We can reserve your visits to wineryies we trust or reserve for you any place you should be particularly interested

PRICES

Prices Starting from 200 euro per person

We do only Private Tours

Prices Based on the number of partecipants

TYPICAL SCHEDULE

9:00 Start from accommodation and panoramic drive to Montepulciano area

10:30 Visit and Tasting of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and other wines produced at the first Wine Estate in the countryside

12:00 Visit of medieval Town of Montepulciano for stroll and shopping

13:30 Lunch and Tasting in the village of Montepulciano

14:30 Visit and Tasting at the second Wine Cellar inside the town of Montepulciano

16:30 Panoramic Drive with stop for landscape pictures in the Valdorcia hills

18:00 arrive at accommodation

INCLUDED IN THE TOUR

• Fluent English speaking Driver, Wine-expert
• Panoramic Drive through the hills of Tuscany Region
• Visit of Medieval Town of Montepulciano and tour of 2 Wine estates
• Wine tasting fees
• Lunch with typical Tuscan food paired with Montepulciano and other wines
• Luxury Air Conditioned vehicle
• Pick up and drop off in Florence or its immediate surroundings.
• All local Taxes, gasoline, driver's meal

Please note that you can pick up at your place outside of Florence.

We are also available to personalize your itinerary, for example visiting 3 wineries.

Contact us and we'll send you a personalized program and quotation.

NOT INCLUDED

Anything not previously mentioned or specifically agrred with us

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Given the current conditions due to the consequences of the spread of Covid 19 disease and the consequent mandatory containment measures, we would like to emphasize that our services are private and personalized, therefore extremely safe. our organization will avoid that clients find themselves in unwanted overcrowding situations. We will prefer, when possible, outdoor experiences or, if indoors, that a safe maximum number of users be guaranteed, according to the most stringent legal requirements.

Although we will try not to be overly conditioned by the current conditions, paying the utmost attention to make your experience as pleasant as possible, we would like to point out that:

- All of our vehicles are sanitized at each new service according to the most stringent recommendations.

- Our drivers follow workplace safety directives especially with regard to the procedures for reducing the risk associated with Covid 19, wearing masks ffp2, airing the vehicle frequently, disinfecting their hands and using disposable gloves if they have to handle luggage and other customer's personal effects.

- The vehicle will be equipped with disposable masks and disinfectant for the exclusive customer's use.

- The Italian legislation requires the distance between the driver and passengers so the seat next to the driver cannot be occupied.

The rules for passengers are differentiated and we kindly ask you to provide us with details of your group so that we can assist you and provide an effective safeguard solution that is consistent with the regulations but does not sacrifice the enjoyability of the trip.

We ensure that our partners, such as guides, restaurants, farms, stores have Covid 19 risk mitigation procedures in place and are implementing these procedures. In particular, spacing, frequent sanitizing and use of masks, and prohibition of crowding.

COLLABORATION

We will ask you to cooperate and follow the rules that the driver will show you. In particular it is made obligation to wear the mask during the travels, that it should cover mouth and nose, to observe the disposition that is assigned to you in car, to sanitize the hands before entering on the vehicle.

COMMUNICATIONS BEFORE DEPARTURE

We appreciate knowing if you have received the vaccine or if you have had a negative test.

It is mandatory to inform our organization before departure if you have or have had symptoms associated with Covid 19 disease in the previous 15 days.

It is mandatory to report if you have had Covid 19 disease and if you still have a viral load, even if low.

It is mandatory to report if you have been in close contact with a person who has tested positive for Covid 19 or who has contracted the disease in the previous 15 days.

CANCELLATIONS AND POSTPONEMENTS

In the terms of service section you will find all cases of delay and cancellation of the service.

However at the sole discretion of the company will be evaluated the non-feasibility of the tour or transport service in line with the safety procedures and general trend.

PRIVACY

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