Vertical Wine Tasting

You will receive three bottles of our Tuscan wines, that we will taste alongside with the dishes of the menu. Our expert wine instructor will present you the best wine tasting techniques: you will learn the wine production process, the etiquette and the correct posture of the glass, all the organoleptic, olfactory and sensorial characteristics.

The wines we will taste:

• Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG

Vernaccia di San Gimignano is a grape variety which was first cultivated on the hills of San Gimignano. It was the first grape variety to be awarded, in 1966, the Denomination of Controlled Origin and in 1993, the D.O.C.G. Straw yellow color tending to golden with age. Fine, penetrating, fresh, fruity bouquet and a delicate, fruity flavour with a characteristic bitterish aftertaste.

• Chianti DOCG

A grape-variety of Sangiovese and Canaiolo. A wine of ancient origins, the territories of which were extended in 1716 by the Grand Ducal Proclamation to beyond the hills, known as Chianti. It’s characterized by a bright red color tending to garnet with age. His bouquet is intense and fruity and its flavour is austere, full-bodied, tasty and slightly tannic, refining to smooth and velvety with time. This wine goes well with roast game, red meat and spicy cheeses, pasta and risotto with meat sauce.

• Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG

Selected grapes of Prugnolo. The Tuscan grape requires a long growing season and a sunny September. This vintage offered both. The bouquet opens to wild fruit aromas with distinct mineral tones that define and delineate the aromatic offering. The mouthfeel reveals good complexity and lots of bright freshness. His color is a strong ruby, brilliant colour tending to garnet with age. Its boquet is strong with light-violet fragrance, elegant with Sapid, mellow and soft-velvet flavour.

• Rosso di Montalcino DOC

This wine is made exclusively from Sangiovese grapes, cultivated in hilly areas with good exposure and harvested by hand at an altitude of 400m a.s.l. It has a deep ruby red color with a persistent, expressing bouquet that have characteristic cent of forest fruits. The flavor is wam and dry, with an evident character; calm and aristocratic hints of wood can be perceived amidst the typical herbaceous notes.

• Super Tuscan “Baldassarre” IGT Toscana

This Wine is a blend of Sangiovese grosso, Cabernet e Merlot. This combination, with the clay-based soil and particular climate, are the ingredients which create a superior red nectar. With a deep ruby red color tending to garnet with age has a round, complete and elegant bouquet. Hints of wood can be perceived amidst the typical herbaceous notes. Its flavour is dry, full and smooth.

• Rosè Wine IGT Toscana

The Tuscan red grapes are vinified in rosè by soft pressing to obtain this rosé wine. The nose is characterized by fresh fruity and floral aromas reminiscent of pink grapefruit, strawberry and dog rose. On the palate it is balanced, soft and fragrant. When tasted, it conquers with its fruity character, enlivened by flavor and freshness that invite you to taste it again and make it particularly pleasant to sip.

Tenuta Torciano is a secret jewel in the heart of Tuscany, near San Gimignano, in a central position between Siena and Florence. The family history embraces 13 generations of winemakers who have been able to give life to high quality wines.

Here you will discover the warmth of a Tuscan family and the simplicity of good living, which have been handed down from father to son for 300 years. Walking in the open air, enjoying the countryside and the fruits of nature, listening to the peaceful flow of water: these are the most precious moments to live and share with loved ones.

Tenuta Torciano, with hectares and hectares of vineyards, a truffle ground with more than 700 trees and a green garden and vegetable garden full of vegetables, is an oasis of peace that favors the contact with nature.

Today the historic production of the estate includes the most famous Tuscan wine denominations: Vernaccia in San Gimignano, Sangiovese in Chianti area, Brunello in Montalcino, Bolgheri in Livorno, Morellino, Malbec and Petit Verdot in Poggio Moreto, and we also have some olive groves, dedicated to DOP and Chianti Classico oil.