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<\/p>\nTasting wine is not drinking wine. They are two different things. You drink wine at the table, with friends, without thinking about it too much. Tasting means stopping, observing, understanding. It is the moment when wine stops being an accompaniment and becomes the protagonist.<\/p>\n
At Villa Dianella, tasting is far more than a sip. It is a journey that begins in the historic cellars dug into the tufo beneath the Medici villa and ends on the terrace of the Bistrot delle Scuderie, with the vineyards and the hills of Vinci in view. In between lies the story of an estate, a family, a land and the wines that are its expression.
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Every tasting at Villa Dianella begins with a guided visit of the cellars.<\/p>\n
It is not a formality. The cellars of Dianella are a place that deserves to be walked through slowly. The ancient tufo cellar beneath the villa has been restored and transformed into a route where production and education intertwine again and again.<\/p>\n
The visit winds through the various areas of work and storage: the cellar with the oak barrels, the underground cellar, the ageing area and the modern vinification cellar. Along the way you encounter period machinery that tells how wine was made before modern technology. Old bottling, filtering, labelling and corking systems: every object on display has a story, and the guide brings it to life.<\/p>\n
It is not a museum in the traditional sense. It is a living museum, where work still goes on today alongside the tools of the past. The oak barrels where Il Matto matures are a few metres from the old manual corking machines. The underground cellar where the best bottles rest is the same one where, a hundred and fifty years ago, the family’s wine was kept.<\/p>\n
This contrast between past and present is one of the things that make the visit different from any other cellar in the area.
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At the end of the visit comes the tasting itself. Villa Dianella offers four formulas, each with a woman’s name that pays tribute to the women of the family tied to the villa’s history.<\/p>\n
This is the entry-level tasting, designed for those who want an essential first contact with the wines and the cellar. It includes the guided tour of the historic cellars and the tasting of three Dianella wines, accompanied by bruschetta with the estate’s organic extra virgin olive oil.<\/p>\n
The name is a tribute to Ida, daughter of the poet Renato Fucini, who lived for a long time in the villa and made it famous in his sonnets and short stories. The tasting lasts about an hour and a half and is suitable for everyone, including families with children.<\/p>\n
The next step. To the cellar visit and the tasting of three wines is added a richer food pairing: bruschetta, Tuscan cured meats and local cheeses. Rita was the other daughter of Renato Fucini.<\/p>\n
It is the ideal option for those who want to turn the tasting into a convivial moment that goes beyond a simple sip. The food of the territory alongside the estate’s wines creates connections of flavour that help to understand why certain pairings work naturally.<\/p>\n
With Donna Emma the tasting becomes a true gastronomic journey. In addition to the bruschetta, cured meats and cheeses, a seasonal first course arrives, along with Tuscan almond cantucci. The tasting extends to three wines plus the late harvest Dolci Ricordi, Dianella’s sweet wine.<\/p>\n
Emma was the wife of Renato Fucini. Her tasting is designed for those who have the time, the appetite and the desire to explore the estate’s full range.<\/p>\n
This is the complete experience. Bruschetta, cured meats, cheeses, a first course, a main course with a side, cantucci and the tasting of three wines plus the late harvest. It bears the name of Veronica Passerin d’Entr\u00e8ves, who together with Francesco leads the estate today.<\/p>\n
It is much more than a tasting: it is a Tuscan lunch accompanied by the house wines, preceded by the cellar visit and enriched by the story of the land. For those who want to know Dianella in the fullest way possible, Donna Veronica is the experience to choose.<\/p>\n
To any formula it is possible to add the Premium Wines tasting: three selected and award-winning vintage wines that represent the best of Dianella’s production. For those who want to go even deeper.<\/p>\n
The wines in the tasting change according to availability and vintage, but Dianella’s range always offers a complete journey.<\/p>\n
You generally start with Sereno e Nuvole, the fresh, mineral Vermentino IGT that tells the brightest side of the estate. You then move on to Chianti Dianella DOCG, the Sangiovese that expresses the terroir of the blue clays with structure and freshness. You arrive at Il Matto, the pure Sangiovese aged in French oak, the flagship wine of the production.<\/p>\n
In the more complete formulas you also taste Dolci Ricordi, the late harvest that closes the journey with a sweet and complex note. With the Premium upgrade you can discover selected vintages and award-winning wines that are not easily found outside the estate.<\/p>\n
Every wine is recounted by the guide: the grape variety, the parcel, the soil, the vinification, the ageing. These are not technical details for their own sake: they are the thread that connects what you saw in the cellar to what you find in the glass.
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The tasting does not take place in a closed room. It is held on the terrace of the Bistrot delle Scuderie, overlooking the farm’s vineyards and the hills of Vinci.<\/p>\n
It is a detail that changes the experience. Tasting a Sangiovese while looking at the vines it comes from gives the wine a context that no technical sheet can convey. You see the clay soil, you smell the scents of the countryside, you understand why that wine has that character.<\/p>\n
In the fine season the terrace is the most beautiful place on the estate. The afternoon light, the gentle wind rising from the valley, the silence of the countryside: these are elements that enter the tasting and make it unrepeatable.<\/p>\n
All tastings are available by reservation, in Italian and English. They last about an hour and a half and take place in small groups to ensure a personal experience and a relaxed pace.<\/p>\n
Booking is done directly from the Villa Dianella website. You choose the date, the time slot, the number of participants and the language of the tour. You can indicate particular dietary needs, allergies, intolerances, accessibility requirements or whether it is a special occasion such as a birthday or anniversary.<\/p>\n
Tickets are also available in a reduced-price children’s version. For families, the visit is designed to be accessible to the youngest visitors too.<\/p>\n
For those who want to give the experience as a gift, a digital gift voucher is available: you buy it online, personalise it with a message and send it by email to the person you want to surprise. The recipient will choose the date and time when redeeming it.<\/p>\n
Cancellation is free up to twenty-four hours before the experience.<\/p>\n
There are many wineries in Tuscany where you can taste wine. What makes Villa Dianella different is not only the quality of the wines or the beauty of the cellars. It is the complete context.<\/p>\n
You taste in a sixteenth-century Medici villa, where the poet Renato Fucini wrote his sonnets and where the Passerin d’Entr\u00e8ves family continues an agricultural tradition that spans generations. You walk through cellars that are a piece of living history. You taste organic wines born on soils that were sea beds five million years ago. You look out over the panorama of the hills where Leonardo da Vinci observed fossils and noted the colours of the earth.<\/p>\n
It is not a tasting. It is an entrance into the world of Dianella. And like all the best entrances, once you step inside, you want to stay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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