DOCG area for red wine in the Italian region of Tuscany. This was only the second area to receive this classification in 1980. The zone covers 1,100 hectares of vineyards at an altitude of 250 to 600 metres above sea level on sandy or sandstone soils in Montepulciano (province of Siena). The town lies 120 kilometres south-east of Florence in the upper Chiana Valley, is one of the most beautiful in Tuscany and is known as the "Pearl of the Renaissance". Once a year in August, the historic wine barrel race "Bravio delle Botti" takes place here, in which representatives of the eight "hostile" districts roll five two-tonne wine barrels through the steep, narrow streets.
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