Castello di Monsanto — Attraction in Barberino Tavarnelle

I don't think I can quite fit into words how wonderful of an experience we had at Castello di Monsanto.

I'm from the United States and planned a destination wedding in the Chianti Region of Toscana. I researched wineries nearby the villa we were going to be staying at, and stumbled upon Castello di Monsanti, by simply just looking on Google maps. I had reached out about a group tour visit for 37 people about 7 months in advance. Our plan was to visit a winery the day before the wedding as an activity for us and our guests.

I got a response almost immediately and diligently coordinated our travels there with Laura and Veronica, for the next 7 months. Upon our arrival, we were warmly greeted by Veronica and Maria. They are the sweetest most welcoming people you could ever meet in your life. They split our large group into two and we toured the winery with a spectacular history lesson of the vineyard. After we got to tour the wonderful wine cellars and learn about the history, we had a light snack and wine tasting outside on a beautiful patio and beautiful sunny day. Veronica was who I worked with the most coordinating our time at the vineyard and she was absolutely amazing!! I can't thank her enough for the wonderful tour, her warm welcome and allowing us to come visit such a special place :) Thank you so much for welcoming us to the vineyard and your country, we all thoroughly enjoyed our visit. We hope to one...

Beautiful property matched by exceptional wines!The tour was led by Veronica Lagi who is very knowledgeable and patient. Tasted through the lineup of 3 wines and each was excellent. Veronica surprised us a fourth wine, a 1997 Il Poggio, which was outstanding!

Finished the tour with a visit from the winery dog Otto who was sloshing through the vineyards after the rain and came away with a memento...

We absolutely loved our tour and tasting of Monsanto with Maria. The tour was awesome and super informative, and Maria (a sommelier) was able to answer all our questions regarding their processing, technique and history. Ended the tour with a tasting of amazing wine in a beautiful historical hall. Do not miss out on their Vin Santo. We can’t wait to...