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Wine on Tuscany Green
Wine on Tuscany Green
The Tuscany Green bike tour is approaching and I’m proud and eager to introduce you to my family and invite you into my home, Agriturismo Il Molinello (pictured above). Rides are mapped out, foods are still “in the ground” and growing slowly in the garden and… wine is sweetly resting in the cellar! Regarding wine, Tuscany Green is a special tour for me and to make it special for you I’ve decided to open the best bottles that I have. Vintage wines are difficult to find in restaurants, known and selected by me in the best years and kept with love in my cellar for many years. I would like to introduce you to some of the wines we will be tasting on this bike tour:
On June 1st we ride along the Val di Chiana. On this day (or maybe June 2nd when we plunge into Val d’Orcia) we will open Antica Chiusina Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG. I chose the best selection of wines from Fattoria il Cerro, one of the most representative Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG.
On June 4th we are riding in the Chianti Classico and I will open Castello di Brolio Chianti Classico DOCG. According to Family Business, the leading American magazine that classifies family businesses, Barone Ricasoli is the fourth longest-lived company in the world and the second in the wine sector. Barone Ricasoli is the oldest winery in Italy. The symbol of the Chianti Classico is one of their best vintage, 1999. I still remember the first time when I went there to buy wine for my cellar, I was tasting their selections and simultaneously placing my order. We were about to taste the Castello di Brolio DOCG but I was not so interested in it because of the price, but the girl told me that all I had to do was taste it, not buy it. I took a sip and without hesitation asked her to give me two cases!
If you think that Castello di Brolio DOCG is amazing, just wait until our last ride on June 5th in Montalcino where we taste a wine from the Biondi Santi Tenuta Greppo winery. What to say about this winery? They still have bottles from 1888 (yes eighteen!) and 1891 and of course they are not just drinkable, they are outstanding. On this day we will taste a 1998 vintage, which is supposed to be drunk in 2018, but for you I will make an exception!
Join me in Tuscany to taste these vintage wines!
Tuscany Green
On June 1st we ride along the Val di Chiana. On this day (or maybe June 2nd when we plunge into Val d’Orcia) we will open Antica Chiusina Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG. I chose the best selection of wines from Fattoria il Cerro, one of the most representative Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG.
On June 4th we are riding in the Chianti Classico and I will open Castello di Brolio Chianti Classico DOCG. According to Family Business, the leading American magazine that classifies family businesses, Barone Ricasoli is the fourth longest-lived company in the world and the second in the wine sector. Barone Ricasoli is the oldest winery in Italy. The symbol of the Chianti Classico is one of their best vintage, 1999. I still remember the first time when I went there to buy wine for my cellar, I was tasting their selections and simultaneously placing my order. We were about to taste the Castello di Brolio DOCG but I was not so interested in it because of the price, but the girl told me that all I had to do was taste it, not buy it. I took a sip and without hesitation asked her to give me two cases!
If you think that Castello di Brolio DOCG is amazing, just wait until our last ride on June 5th in Montalcino where we taste a wine from the Biondi Santi Tenuta Greppo winery. What to say about this winery? They still have bottles from 1888 (yes eighteen!) and 1891 and of course they are not just drinkable, they are outstanding. On this day we will taste a 1998 vintage, which is supposed to be drunk in 2018, but for you I will make an exception!
Join me in Tuscany to taste these vintage wines!
Tuscany Green
