Val di Chiana and Val d'Orcia wine tour

La Capacciola is the perfect starting poinf for wine lovers: its strategic position between Val di Chiana and Val d’Orcia allows guests to easily visit the many wineries and farms present on the territory.

Montepulciano, a city that overlooks vast espanses of vineyards, is renowned for the production of Vino Nobile, one of the oldest wines in Italy and also for its characteristic underground cellars.

Among the highly recommended places for living this experience there are Cantina De’Ricci, which allows a journey through time and history, Cantine Fanetti, where tradition is still respected, Villa sant’Anna an all-female farm that produces spectacular wines in its secular underground cellars, Salcheto , an organic and biodynamic farm that aims at quality research, Icario, a young winery that combines tradition and innovation and Montemercurio, a family company that promises a wine with a memorable taste.

The Val d’Orcia has always been famous for the production of renowned wines, also tank to the climate change that has enabled this area to raise the level of production. In Pienza, at Capitoni Marco the vines are personally treated in the enviromental protection and an accurate viticolture allows the health and naturalness of the grapes ready for the tranformation that takes place in the cellar. The Cantina Campotondo in Castiglion d’Orcia boasts the production of three red and one white winws, while Castelnuovo Tancredi in Buonconvento is a castle that, with its eight hectares of vineyards, offers the experiece of wine tasting and also allows a panoramic view that expands to the borders of Siena.

Sasso di Sole in Montalcino, located in the area that produces Brunello and Orcia DOC, grants with a single visit the chance to taste two excellences of the territory; in the winery Le Buche in Sarteano, oenology and gastronomy merge to create a delicate harmony of flavors; while innovation is the protagonist at Podere Forte in Castiglion d’Orcia, a place where tradition and future come together for a quality production.

These excellences allows u sto consider ours as a paradisiacal territory for all those who, in addition to enjoying a pleasant holiday, want to explore the wine world and taste good wines overlooking the beautiful landscapes that Val di Chiana and Val d’Orcia offer.

For more information on wineries to visit near Podere la Capacciola, you can visit the website consorziovinoorcia.it

Source:www.discoverytuscany.com