Our company, located in the Florence area, close to the Chianti Classico area, offers excursions to the most famous old town in Tuscany.
Florence and Chianti history, together with the unique landscape and the art masterpieces that you can admire, will make your holiday unforgettable.
Private full day tour Chianti Classico - for your visit to Chianti Classico red wine producers and wine tasting starting from Florence - about 8 hours long
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The region of the Chianti with its gentie hilly contryside is bordered by the basin of the Arno to the south of Florence and that of the Ombrone, north of Siena. The area was already inhabited in the time of the Etruscans and then passed under Roman rule. In the 8th century it became a large feud of the noble Firidolfi family. It afterwards became the object of conquest and contention between Siena and Arezzo first, and later between Siena and Florence. The landscape the Chianti presents its visìtors is rich in a hundred different ways: it is rich in roads, unpaved country lanes which retain their charm of long ago, steep paths that wind up to a villa or a castle, parish church or farm. The Chianti is a “holy” land (smail churches everywhere with an age-old history) and a land of towers, rich in castles (they can be counted by the dozen) where the atmosphere is still authentically medieval.
The most important are Castellina in Chianti, with fine fortifications and old paiaces; Radda in Chianti, with its 15th century Palazzo Pretorìo; and Greve, with its unique main square. It is hardly necessary to say that the principal activity in the region of the Chianti is agriculture: an agricolture which produces wine famous in every nook and corner of the world, the “Chianti Classico Gallo Nero”, and an olive oil that is just as prized and which is to be found on the tabies of true gourmets. The territory of the Chianti is formed of lias limestone (alberese), sandstone (macigno), clay schist (galestro). Over half of the territory is covered by tall trees: oaks, chestnuts, ilex (holmoak), firs and in part by the so-called Mediterranean scrub including shrubs, brambles, bushes, hedges, aromatic plants. The other half of the land is cultivated as farmland; large vineyards which cover the hillsides in geometric patterns, extensive olive groves that stretch to the horizon.
The other half of the land is cultivated as farmland; large vineyards which cover the hillsides in geometric patterns, extensive olive groves that stretch to the horizon. The wine of this land, known for centuries for its delicious aroma, is the result of a perfect mixture of four types of grapes: Sangìovese and canaiolo (purple grapes), malvasia and trebbiano (white grapes). The result is Chianti Classico, a ruby-red wine, with a full dry flavor, with just the right amount of tannic acid and the characteristic perfume of violets, the masterpiece of this generous land which has managed to keep its “flavor” of times past.