Montalcino Winery Tour & Wine Tasting Chianti

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Duration1h 45m

GroupUp to 25

LanguagesEN · IT

Mobile ticketAccepted

Rows of Brunello vines drop away below you, and Montalcino sits gold on the hill.

You walk through Brunello vineyards with views of Montalcino, learning about biodynamic methods and terroir from trained staff. You tour the grape processing area and cellar, then sit down to taste 6 wines in 3 flights at your own pace. Water and all fees are included, and you choose from 4 tasting options before you arrive.

1h 45m

Step-by-step itinerary

Winery tour and wine tasting in Montalcino

Walk through vineyards
Learn winery philosophy and terroirs
Enjoy view of Montalcino
Visit grape processing area
Tour cross-vaulted cellar
Learn about wine aging methods
Taste 6 wines in 3 flights
Sample wines independently

The Experience

You start in the vineyard itself, not in a tasting room. The walking tour moves through the Brunello Cru path — the trained team explains the philosophy and the terroir as you go, and the view of Montalcino opens up as you walk. It's the kind of thing that makes sense only if you're standing in it: why this slope, why these grapes, why the wine tastes different from the next valley over. You ask the questions you've always wanted to know about wine, and the answers come with the actual ground under your feet.

After the vineyard walk, you move through the grape processing area and into the cross-vaulted cellar — the part where you see how wine ages differently depending on whether it sits in wooden barrels or amphora. It's concrete and cool and smells like fermentation and time. Then you sit down at a table, either in the tasting space or on the terrace, and the 6 wines arrive in 3 flights. Each one gets a short introduction, and then you taste them at your own pace. You choose from 4 different tasting options depending on what you want to focus on — the choice is yours once you know what you're tasting.

Bottled water is included, and so are all the fees and taxes, so there's no surprise at the end. The whole thing is built for people at any fitness level, and if you're traveling with small children, they can come along in a pram or stroller. The Montalcino winery tour runs at a pace that lets you absorb what you're learning instead of rushing through it.

What’s included

Walking tour through Brunello Cru vineyards with views of Montalcino.
visit to the grape processing area and cross-vaulted cellar.
seated wine tasting with 6 wines served in 3 flights.
choice of 4 tasting options.
bottled water.
all fees and taxes.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPets welcome

Operated by Corte Pavone Winery

Is this one for you?Right for anyone who wants to understand Montalcino wine by standing in the vineyard and tasting it seated, without arranging transport or choosing wines blind — the walk through the vines and the structured tasting do both at once.