De Ricci Wine Cellar
The cellars are expansive with high ceilings large and small wine barrels and interesting medieval iron chandeliers.
De ricci wine cellar. A visit to this cellar is a voyage in time and history. Named the most beautiful wine cellar by the bbc cantina de ricci met all expectations. All reviews wine cellar tasting room bottom level wine makes super tuscan wine home light lunch buy a bottle the owner etruscan caves great wine free entry private wine tour pici pasta different wines bread piazza grande the main square unique experience tasted wines worth the trip his wife. The town is not touristy and you feel as if you are in a true working tuscany town.
Redi is located just a few buildings down a side street off the main square piazza grande. Further hotel de ricci gives the opportunity of booking exceptional one three or six day tours in cellars and vineyards customarily not opened to visitors in the most important wine producing territories in italy and france such as langhe and bolgheri or champagne. De ricci also known as cantina del redi was the first wine cellar we visited in montepulciano. Enter the courtyard turn right and go down the stairs into the cellar.
The family trabalzini the actual family owners have decided to return to the cellar s origins and today again remember the ricci family which has been one of the most representative of the town for both what they have given to the wine and to montepulciano. In 1959 at the behest of the marquis giulio ricci the cellar changed its name and until today it was known as the cantina redi. Article from bell italia no. Here is the essence of the sweet tuscan earth the wine that they already took care of worshiped and consumed in happiness and joy with passion and tenacity our distant ancestors the etruscans some centuries earlies than the christian era.
We went into de ricci wine cellar it s free and were amazed at the beauty and size of this cellar under the streets of. Our tour at de ricci was nothing short of amazing. Located in the beautiful mountaintop village of montepulciano the wine cellar is conveniently located near the center of town. Palazzo ricci is one of the most impressive renaissance buildings in montepulciano.
De ricci wine cellar the monumental cathedral of wine in montepulciano 29 august 2017 going up to the winding main road of montepulciano which leads up to piazza grande in the highest part of the city one comes across the palace of the marchesi ricci. 95 march 1994.