Exclusive Tuscan Pinot Noir, Land of Medici Family

About this tour

Spend eight hours exploring Mugello, the northern Florentine hills where the Medici family originated, visiting two small-scale wineries producing Italy's lesser-known Pinot Noir. A sommelier guides you through vineyard walks, cellar tours, and tastings of boutique wines crafted for quality rather than volume, followed by a traditional Tuscan lunch. Private transport and personalised attention throughout.

Highlights

• Taste Pinot Noir from two family-owned producers avoiding mass production
• Walk vineyards in Medici ancestral territory near Florence
• See barrel rooms and learn fermentation and ageing methods firsthand
• Sommelier-led tastings and food pairing with traditional lunch
• Medici villas and Etruscan ruins visible across the landscape
• Private transport and fully customised itinerary

What to expect

Your sommelier collects you mid-morning and drives to the first winery, where you'll tour rows of Pinot Noir vines sprawling across rolling hills. Inside the cellars, staff explain barrel selection and aging—you'll handle bottles, sniff oak, taste work-in-progress wines. The second winery offers similar access plus a comparison tasting of their signature releases. Between visits, a long lunch of Tuscan pasta, cured meats and cheese settles your palate. Expect 3–4 hours of actual tasting across both stops, with downtime for conversation and views of old Medici strongholds dotting the countryside.

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