The black rooster's country: cypress avenues and cellar doors.
Sun Aug 16, with driverTasting ~€15-35 pp
The story
1 min readThe gallo nero (black rooster) on every neck label is a 700-year-old consortium seal. Your driver will have a winery arranged (Verrazzano, Vignamaggio, and Castellare are typical and all excellent).
Riserva and Gran Selezione are the upper tiers; buy what you actually loved at the table, and remember most estates ship cases home for €50-90.
The shot
Any cypress-lined drive around 6 PM: backlit vine rows are the shot of the day.