Wine and its excellences in Valdichiana Senese

TUSCANY, VALDICHIANA SENESE AND WINE: AN INDISSOLUBLE LINK BETWEEN THIS LAND AND TUSCAN WINE EXCELLENCES.

When we talk about Tuscany, hilly landscapes and gentle green welcoming hills usually come to our minds. This region is home to breathtaking so-called borgo, namely medieval villages and hamlets. Wonderful views, sunrises with the sun rising between two hills, sunsets with the light that slowly fades between slopes and valleys. Obviously, in all this beauty, high quality wine products cannot be missing. The wine of Valdichiana Senese boasts famous excellences all over the world.

Tuscany has many culinary traditions that highlight typical local products at regional level. Furthermore, there are also many areas with local recipes and very precious and rare raw materials. Here in Valdichiana Senese we have unique products in the world, such as the Aglione of Valdichiana, the pici, or the Cinta Senese pork. Follow your curiosity here.

Now we would like to talk to you about an excellent product and its precious local shades: Wine

A product famous all over the world, appreciated by everyone, now considered a basic necessity that must always be at table. Wine is in fact the flagship of the many excellences of Valdichiana Senese. Some types of wine do not even need any introduction. Although everyone appreciates quality wines and are always available for a good glass with friends, usually little attention is paid to those who produce it and those who work in the background of this elegant and full of flavours world.

Any bottle of wine worthy of this definition is the result of study and passion by every single component of the production chain. Everyone has passion in the process, from the head of the company to the winemaker, and here in Valdichiana Senese these two roles often coincide. The commitment of the winemakers here is “a serious matter” that is handed down from generation to generation. Always with the same dedication and effort, decade over decade.

Valdichiana Senese has a variety of excellent local wines. Each bottle contains a unique flavour, made up of shades of the territory and processing methods, as well as specific blends

The typical excellences of this territory of southern Tuscany are heterogeneous and each of these can have similarities but also enormous differences with the others. We are talking, for example, of Montepulciano territory, famous for the production of Rosso di Montepulciano DOC, which mainly uses Sangiovese grapes (the local clone is called prugnolo gentile). However, the main protagonist of the “pearl of the 16th century” is another, namely the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG.

We are talking about the first wine in Italy to obtain DOCG certification, over 40 years ago. An all-Tuscan pride that shows the importance of this wine in the Italian and global panorama. The Nobile, like the Rosso, is made up of Sangiovese grapes for at least 70%. Both wines can be exclusively produced in the municipality territory of Montepulciano. You can find a bottle of Nobile or Rosso in the best wine shops and more attentive to quality products, but only in Montepulciano will you meet the producers of this divine nectar.

The precious Orcia DOC is produced between Montepulciano and Montalcino, on the bordering hills of Valdichiana Senese and those of Val d’Orcia. The quality of this wine derives directly from the production area, unique in Italy, immersed in the most beautiful hills in the world. Perhaps this is one of the most famous area in the world. This specific wine has a blend composed of at least 90% Sangiovese grapes, demonstrating the importance that this vineyard has in this part of Tuscany.

Valdichiana Senese is also an important production area for Chianti DOCG. We are talking about one of the most famous and appreciated wines in Italy and in the world, whose production range includes various territories of Tuscany. Please Remember that a Chianti DOCG produced in the Valdichiana Senese will make you savor the purest and truest spirit of Tuscany. This wine, famous throughout Italy, also has a strong flavour of Sangiovese grapes, present at least for 80% in each bottle.

The land of Montepulciano also offers you a sip of Vinsanto, a traditional welcoming liqueur in Dante region

Vinsanto is a sweet wine, the color varies from golden yellow to intense amber. It is perfect to be accompanied by typically Tuscan desserts such as cantucci. We are talking about the welcome liquor, a fine wine that has always been produced in a traditional way and at family level. Each bottle of Vinsanto hides secrets and millions of different shades. The Vinsanto DOC di Montepulciano is produced only and exclusively in the municipality of Montepulciano, just like the Rosso and the Nobile. An exceptional product with a dedicated and special processing, made of attention to the smallest details.

You can find Vinsanto in the Sunday lunch box, specially designed to make you experience a typical Sunday with your family, in perfect Tuscan style. It is also possible to choose a bottle of wine from the four denominations we have talked about in each of the available Boxes: you just have to choose!