The cellars are fascinating look into the past and present of the area. Melanie did an excellent job describing the wine making process and the history associated with the tunnels. The tasting was enjoyable and informative providing insights into the wines and cheeses that they produced.

The whole experience was amazing. We had Melanie as our guide and she definitely made it fun and educational. So many fun stories of the town and the entire place. Served us amazing charcuterie with our wine while she explained each one. We would definitely recommend this lace. Bought a case of the amazing wine.

We truly enjoyed our underground tour and wine tasting with Anna. She was an excellent tour host and made our visit very enjoyable. She explained everything and answered all of our questions, and helped us to order wine to be sent back to the US. We highly recommend going to visit and trying these amazing wines and getting the full tour and history of the underground cellars from Anna!

Wonderful tour of the wine cellar. And a delicious wine tasting experience after. Thank you Orouna for fantastic tour and for helping us with our wine order! Everything arrived safely and in great condition. Best regards from Sweden.

great experience at Montepuciano. a lot of history at the underground tunnels together with great wine and food tasting. Melanie, our guide, was great explaning everything specially during the wine tasting with some surprises. We ended happy and buying some wine to take home.

The Cantina Ercolani in the city of Montipulciano is a fantastic experience! There is a huge underground wine cellar that you can explore before doing some wine tastings with some cheese and salami. Sarah did our wine tasting and explained all the different varieties in great detail! The wines were delicious! We absolutely loved our experience with Sarah and the Cantina Ercolani! Highly recommend if you’re visiting the beautiful city of Montepulciano!

Our wine tasting at Cantina Ercolani with Sarah was so interesting, informative, but most of all fun! Sarah really took the time to explain each wine that we tasted, we didn’t feel rushed or that she was simply trying to sell us wine. Sarah is so professional and kind, we wished we could have brought her along with us to see more of Montepulciano, and it’s enchanting streets! I recommend making Cantina Ercolani your first spot to see!

Having been greeted by a charming young man at the door, we visited Ercolani winery and cellars in Montepulciano with a view to buying a couple of bottles of wine. We were given an excellent tour of the wine cellars and museum with Sarah. She was exceptionally knowledgeable and imparted her knowledge with great enthusiasm and flair! We were then treated to wine tasting, which also included a tasting board of delicious local delicacies. We tasted five different wines, at no cost and with no pressure to buy. The wines were so good that we bought not only the couple we had gone in for, but an additional 12 bottles to be shipped back home - free! Thank you to Sarah and team for their superb hospitality!

Cantina Ercolani - Città Sotterranea & Museo is the showcase of the Ercolani Family Winery and their subterranean aging cellars. Their main production is Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Brunello di Montalcino. I visited in March 2024 and while there learned about their wine production methodology and philosophy. I appreciated they do not use distributors and operate by direct sales only. We received an extensive tour of the subterranean aging cellars which were once the hideouts and escape routes of the Medici’s. In the cellars, we received a private tasting of their typical and reserve wines and had a Tuscan delicious lunch. I was so impressed I bought two cases of wine which the staff arranged for free of charge shipping to my residence in the USA! The Ercolani Family won a new customer as I will certainly call upon them again to restock my cellars in the future.

Cantina Ercolani is one of many wineries in the historic centre of Montepulciano. What sets this one apart is that they offer free wine-tastings and also free tours of their underground cellars. Other wineries also have underground cellars also but Cantina Ercolani is a massive maze of subterranean caves, chambers, tunnels and secret passageways. There is a separate TA listing for the tour under ‘La Citta Sotterranea’ so this review is mainly about the wine-tasting. However I will say that the tour was fabulous. It took us deep underground where the giant barrels with aging vino nobile are kept but we also saw the secret exits that led out of the town walls, a 4th century BC Etruscan tomb and a medieval torture chamber with instruments of torture. It was fascinating. After the tour, you could stay on for the wine-tasting. It was quite crowded at first but thinned out after a while. In any case, it was run very well so that even those standing at the back did not miss out. Wines were paired with a small wooden tasting plate of local cheese and meats and each of the wines was described in detail and the different varieties carefully explained. I think we had 8 or 9 different wines which ranged from cheap and cheerful to the lovely Brunello and Vino Nobile wines. There was no pressure to buy (although of course we did). They also stock a lot of local gourmet foods, including cheeses, truffle pice and pastas. Overall, this was one of the best things we did in Montepulciano.