PIOMBAIA - ROSSI CANTINI
Tour & Tasting
experiences
Tour & Tasting
Our tours are a wonderful journey into the world of Piombaia that will activate your five senses. You will start with the view and immerse yourself in the breathtaking view of the vineyard: each tour in fact opens with the presentation of the characteristics of the vines, the blend, the growth process and the biodynamic method that has become our philosophy of life.
You will get to know our horses that roam freely in the vineyard and you will discover what is the fundamental role they play. Continuing with the touch between the rows, the vine leaves and the berries, you will touch the fruit of the earth from which everything is born, you will know the life cycle of the vineyard and how from the vine turns into wine. The tour continues with a visit to the cellar where you will discover the entire winemaking process and where our wines refine inside the barrels: by bringing your ear closer to the wood, your hearing will enjoy the sound of the wine resting placidly waiting to be bottled. We will then move to the agriturism where you can awaken your sense of smell and taste with a tasting of our products accompanied by a selection of appetizers. Upon reservation each tour is customizable, according to your requests and needs, because we want each guest to feel at home.We can organize tasting lunches for small groups in which you can combine our wines with the delicious Tuscan cuisine of our restaurant which uses organic and zero km products and vegetables from our biodynamic garden. If you prefer a snack, why not choose the snack or aperitif option? Whatever your choice, it will be an experience you will remember!
Tastings
THE CLASSIC OPTION
It is the tasting that you will remember the most! That’s the experience that you will bring home once you leave our beautiful Tuscany: you will taste our 3 representative wines, including the Brunello di Montalcino and our organic Olive Oil EVO. All will be accompanied by our locally produced organic breadsticks.
Price per person € 15,00
GREAT VINTAGE VERTICAL
Brunello di Montalcino enthusiasts cannot miss the opportunity to taste 4 wines of 4 different vintages: 2008, 2010, 2015 and 2017. A tasting that will make you discover how a wine changes, depending on the vintage, from a biodynamic agriculture. It was produced, from the harvest, from the climate. The wine will accompanied by our locally produced organic breadsticks.
Price per person € 90,00
THE BLIND
This tasting will become a different experience also for who already know our Piombaia: our producer and winemaker will put you in front of 5 wines from which there isn’t any label and any kind of wine reference or vintages. This experience will be a blind tasting that will leave you free to analyze and recognize the vines.
Price per person € 45,00€
SNACK
This is the tour that represents the most the wine tasting in Tuscany: our grandparents would have said “Il mangiar insegna il bere” that means “the good eating teaches to drink” therefore 3 wines tasting accompanied by a platter of bruschetta, pecorino cheese and artisan and local salami.
Price per person € 25.00
TREKKING WITH PIC NIC
The perfect choice for those who, after visiting the vineyard and the cellar, want to venture on a trek in the Piombaia wood: we will deliver you a picnic basket containing a blanket, sandwiches with local artisan cheeses and salami, water, glasses, a bottle di Rosso di Montalcino and a map that will guide you along the path. A 1 km trek immersed in the woods that will put you back in touch with nature until you reach a panoramic point where you can spread out your blanket and enjoy the breathtaking view with a glass of Rosso di Montalcino in your hand. The tasting includes a deposit.
Price for two people € 40.00
WINE O’CLOCK
Think of a vineyard at nightfall, the sun slowly hides and everything around is painted with the magical colors of the sunset; you can enjoy this show with your glass in your hand, while you will taste a selection of our best canapés accompanied by a bottle of Rosato, sitting on soft cushions among the rows that light up with a thousand lights and embrace you. No other words are needed. An experience that will remain in your heart and that you will continue to tell once you say goodbye to Piombaia.
Price for two people € 80.00
HANDS IN PASTA
Who has never wanted to learn all the secrets of Tuscan cuisine? By choosing the cooking course you can delight in the preparation of two dishes of our peasant tradition: panzanella and fresh pasta. You will cut the vegetables from our biodynamic garden, wet the silly bread, knead and roll out the dough just like a real chef. You will then taste the dishes prepared for lunch together with the tasting of two paired wines.
Price per person € 100.00
BRUNELLO EXPERIENCE
A single wine, Brunello di Montalcino, which takes sensations and moods from the different vintages in which the Sangiovese grosso is harvested. In fact, each vintage gives the Brunello di Montalcino as a dowry different characteristics that during the winemaking process then end up in the bottles that you will taste during this tasting which is a journey through three great wine vintages which are 2015, 2016 and 2017; you will be able to grasp the differences and enjoy a tasting that will remain in your heart. You will accompany the tastings with organic breadsticks of local production.
Price per person 30,00€