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From the Colline Metallifere,
in the Pisa inland until the great island of the Tuscan archipelago:
the island of Elba. This is the
territory of the Wine road Costa degli Etruschi which unfolds
mostly through the province of Livorno and
the area of the Montescudaio Doc,
in the Pisa inland.
Along this trail some of the most exclusive and refined
vines of Italian and Tuscan production are cultivated. These
are the lands that give origin to wines such as Ornellaia and Sassicaia,
the wine invented by Mario Incisa della Rocchetta or the Guado
al Tasso (Bolgheri Doc), not forgetting the production
areas of Elba, Montescudaio and Val
di Cornia.
A trail that unwinds, as many other wine roads, through areas concealing small
and great artistic and naturalistic marvels: medieval villages, historical
castles, parks and a wonderful
sea, that of the Elba island.
The wine road Costa degli Etruschi divides into four production
areas: Bolgheri Doc, which extends
from the medieval village of Bolgheri towards Castagneto
Carducci through the animal oasis of Bolgheri, recognised
as wetland of International interest. In this area the prized
wines of Bolgheri originate.
The Elba Doc area extends throughout
the surface of the island in the Tuscan archipelago, and
the vines that produce the Aleatico
wine or the vin santo Occhio
di Pernice are grown there.
The territory of the Montescudaio Doc extends
from Cecina to reach the Pisa inland
until Guardistallo, Casale
Marittimo, Montescudaio to
return then to the Livorno coast in Bibbona.
Finally the production area Val di Cornia
Doc includes the area between Suvereto,
through Campiglia Marittima and Piombino.
Unspoilt beaches and green
pine groves, seaside holidays and golden
tans, long walks and disco nights: the Etruscan
Coast offers all this and much more. Great
wines are also produced here, to the extent of attracting
writers of specialist magazines and connoisseurs throughout
the world.
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