Tasting the Lucca wine area

Beautiful Tuscany in a day tour

Highly recognizable, yet never the same: Tuscany. Alongside cities such as Florence, Siena, Pisa, Lucca, open expanses of vineyards and hills unique in the world, the Unesco heritage landscapes of the Val d’Orcia as its Crete Senesi, where such native species are born that they have given away to unrepeatable products , like the Cinta Senese Dop. Typicality and stories that are also found in small villages, such as Montecarlo of Lucca.

Lucca countryside

Montecarlo, in the province of Lucca, covers 1,559 hectares of land and has a population of about 4,500 inhabitants.
The historic center, well preserved and still surrounded by the splendid city walls, stands on an isolated hill, 163 meters above sea level.
The village, on the ridge of the ridge that separates the Valdinievole from the Piana di Lucca, was built in 1333 to gather the inhabitants of the Community of Vivinaia destroyed by the Florentines in 1331 at the fortress of the Cerruglio.

The wines around Lucca

Perfectly acclimatized, these same vines, besides being declined in purity, are today part of the Montecarlo Doc, obtained in 1969 for the ‘Montecarlo Bianco’ and in 1985 for the ‘Montecarlo Rosso’: the doc in 1994 saw the latest modification of the specification of production.
The Montecarlo Bianco sees the presence of the following grapes: 40-60% Trebbiano Toscano and for the remaining 40-60% Semillon, Pinot Gris and Bianco, Vermentino, Sauvignon, Roussanne, globally considered, provided that at least three of the indicated vines reach individually the percentage of 10%.
The Montecarlo Rosso, on the other hand, is composed of: 50-75% Sangiovese, 5-15% Canaiolo nero, 10-15% singularly or combined Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Malvasia Nera, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Cabemet Sauvignon, Merlot.

Extra virgin olive oil

Among the typical products of the Lucca region, extra virgin olive oil is certainly the best known, known since ancient times for its delicate flavor and low acidity. In the ancient olive groves there are typically Tuscan cultivars such as frantoio, moraiolo, leccino and pendolino. An exclusively manual harvest, directly from the plant, a continuous milling process within 24 hours of harvesting and the care taken throughout the process make it possible to fully exploit the characteristics of our precious oil. A perfect blend to obtain an oil rich in aromas and flavor.

Discover Montecarlo of Lucca, an ancient medieval village and city of wine in the heart of Tuscany, halfway between Pisa and Florence.

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