…………sights and churches but what we really
go for is to sip the famous Brunello wine.
Using the stately hill of Poggio Civitella as a starting point,
it’s possible to divide the region into four different areas or slopes.
Wine tasting experts are actually able to perceive distinctive organoleptic differences in wines, depending on the proportion of grapes coming from each slope of the hill, which dominates the town from an height of 661 meters ( 2168ft).

Nearby:
ABBEY OF SANT’ANTIMO,
only 9 km from Montalcino,
in a peaceful valley, surrounded by gently rolling hills, olive trees, and thick oak woods, Sant’Antimo is one of the most beautiful
Romanesque Italian Abbeys.

ABBEY OF MONTE OLIVETO MAGGIORE,
is located 36 km south of Siena in the characteristic "badlands" landscape of the Crete Senesi.
The Abbey is situated 273 m above sea level at Chiusura, not far from Asciano, surrounded by the thick forest that overlooks the Crete Senesi countryside below.