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Siena Mobilità buses (€4.90, 1½ hours, six daily Mon-Sat) run to/from Siena.
From Siena, take the SR2 (Via Cassia) and exit onto the SP14 at Lama. There's plenty of
parking around the fortezza (€1.50 per hr 8am-8pm).
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Around Montalcino
Poggio Antico
( 0577 84 80 44; www.poggioantico.com ; cantina 10am-6pm, restaurant 12.30-2.30pm &
7.30-9.30pm Tue-Sun Apr-Oct, 12.30-2.30pm Tue-Sun Nov-Dec & Feb) Located 4.5km outside
Montalcino on the road to Grosseto, Poggio Antico makes award-winning wines (try its
Brunello Altero or Riserva), conducts free cellar tours in Italian, English and German, of-
fers paid tastings (approx €25 depending on wines) and has an on-site restaurant (tasting
menus without wine €40 to €50). Tours must be booked in advance.
WINERY
Il Leccio
( 0577 84 41 75; www.illeccio.net ; Costa Castellare 1/3, Sant'Angelo in Colle; meals €40;
12.30-2.30pm & 7.30-9.30pm Thu-Tue) Sometimes simple dishes are the hardest to perfect, and
perfection is the only term to use when discussing this trattoria in Brunello's heartland.
Watching the chef make his way between his stove and kitchen garden to gather produce
for each order puts a whole new spin on the word 'fresh', and both the results and the
house Brunello are spectacular.
Sant'Angelo in Colle is 10km southwest of Montalcino along Via del Sole, and 10km
west of the Abbazia di Sant'Antimo along an unsealed but signed road through vineyards.
TUSCAN €€
 
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