They are aged a minimum of four years and produce wines that are long lived, richly fruited, and powerful. This is an area that no wine lover visiting Italy will want to miss. Montepulciano Montelpulciano, originally an Etruscan settlement, is one of Southern Tuscany's major wine towns. Standing high on a hilltop of just over 600 meters, the town offers exhilarating views of olive groves and surrounding vineyards which produce Montalcino's vino nobile. Aged a minimum of two years, these wines tend to be fruity, fragrant, and have austere body that allow them to age gradually.
All travel is by air-conditioned car or minivan.
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