Wine tour near Florence, Chianti Colli fiorentini subzone trip

Wine tours out of  Florence, the second part  of the trip with Francesca and Olivia, this time we wandered through the Chianti Colli Fiorentini DOCG another area, very close to Florence, "fiorentini" means the hills of Florence, inside the larger area of Chianti  region, a bit like Russian dolls do you remember? inside the Chianti  region there are  several subzones with different names:  Chianti Classico, Chianti Colli Fiorentini, Chianti Colli Senesi, Chianti Rufina, Chianti Colli Arezzo, Chianti Colli Lucca ..... obviously  the most popular subzones  are : Chianti Classico, Chianti Colli Fiorentini and Chianti Colli Senesi.

We were struck by the beauty and uniqueness of some places  and for sure  next  year  this beautiful ride will be transformed in a beautiful  Chianti Colli Fiorentini wine tour!

Wine Tours in the Fall

 Autumn ... in this season the vineyards in Tuscany are beautiful:  yellow, red, brown  and along with the sky  they create fantastic paintings.

To delight you,  here are some pictures of my Tuscany more  precisely of  the Chianti area, but it would be  better if you  could take your own photos in one of my wine tours…

  

Tuscan Villas and Chianti tours

In the winter  Francesca, Olivia and I, usually do our homework  that consists of  strolling  through the Tuscany countryside to try new places, wineries and restaurants  to include in our special list

  

Today we went to a gorgeous Villa, a few steps from Florence,  which belonged to the Medici family, and formerly it was an 11th century royal hunting lodge; in the 17th Francesco Maria dè i Medici purchased the property and then  transformed  into a farm in  1836 by the actual owner

The villa is very beautiful, and from the terrace you can see  even the  Brunelleschi's Dome , the hill top town of Fiesole,  the countryside , the cypress  trees,  the vineyards,  the olives trees.

The villa owns 70 hectares of vineyards and 8000 olive trees .... are you curious to know more ...? 

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See you soon 

Tuscan Wine Festival in Greve in Chianti

As every year, we're back to the wine festival in the charming little town of Greve in Chianti located right in the heart of the Chianti Classico region

for three days you can taste all the wines produced in the area around Greve in Chianti;

this is also a good opportunity to discover new wineries and taste the new chianti that has just been put on the market ...   for deeper insight of the region take one of my tuscan wine tours

Chianti Classico wine Collection 2012

Also this year, the 2011 Chianti has been presented in the old tram station of Florence, Stazione Leopolda


Some information about this harvest:


Total Chianti Classico production: 265,000 hl (33 milions of bottles..)

The year 2010 presented difficult weather conditions with alternating temperature in Chianti near freezing temperatures, followed by a cool spring and rainy, with temperatures that have struggled a bit 'to get up, causing a slowing of vegetative growth and late flowering.

The heat of late June - early July allowed us to balance the phenological stages of vine ripening of the fruit even though it continued more slowly in the months of August and September, also below the seasonal average temperature.

At the time of the grape harvest is presented in good condition, thanks to the careful care of the vineyards producers who were able to counteract the excessive vegetative growth of early summer conditions and preventing the development of major fungal diseases .

It was just the work of technicians and workers to determine the success of a 2010 child of a rather difficult season.  So, in 2010 the Black Rooster falls quantity but not quality, rich in aromas and flavors with great structure conferred by optimal levels of acidity The alcohol contents are high but not excessive, for the benefit of balanced and aromatic products...

Enjoy the Video!

Day trip outside Florence, la Calvana

pleasent  trip outside Florence with friends

we walked an old  old mule trail rich of mediterranean vegetation

 many medieval abandoned farms

400 hundreds year od cypress

the XII century parish Church of San Biagio

a lovely pic nic under the sun in January

my happy dog