What follows should be an explosion of flavours…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAll right, time to taste the San Piero from 2014. The “starter wine” reflected ruby \u200b\u200bred and purple in the light and tasted as fruity as it smelled. I then tasted the bright red Cerchiaia, a Chianti from 2014 with a fresh taste and smell of forest berries. This was followed by the ruby red Poggionero from 2013, which was fruity and spicy at the same time, as was the pride of the house: the Poggio Alla Fame from 2013. The latter had a light touch of tobacco and tasted just as intensely as the bright red colours shone in the light. Finally, I was served the white Poggio I Soli, which was my personal favorite from the tasting because of its refreshing, fruity aroma.<\/p>\nFive from Castelfalfi – the wines of Tenuta in a row<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI didn’t become a sommelier in that hour, but I came a big step closer to understanding the subject. Incidentally, I suggest that you only drink the wines in moderation. Usually in a wine tasting, you try more than five – sometimes up to thirty varieties. If you drink the last drop of every glass, you could easily end up under the table.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Olive oil and white bread<\/span><\/h2>\nEven the olive oil is excellent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn addition to the excellent wines, the mill belonging to the estate makes just-as-excellent olive oils. On request, this will get served to you on a piece of Tuscan white bread during a wine tasting.\u00a0 \u00a0 The oils Extra and Extra Casa al Bosco are pressed from fruits from about 10,000 of the village’s own olive trees. On our way from the airport in Florence, I had noticed that sprawling olive groves dominated the landscape of Tuscany as much as the endless rows of cypresses. Do you own some random olive trees and don’t know what to do with your fruit? No problem! At this oil mill, everyone can bring their olives and have them pressed by professionals on-site. Around 400 suppliers from Tuscany use this service. And while the mill dutifully does its work, the farmers can wait right there, watch the process closely, and then take their returns home.<\/p>\nSmall bottles, big taste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWe also got to take something home. Miri the wine-philistine was actually pleased with the delicious olive oil and I couldn’t wait to take a bottle from the wine tasting home myself. Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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