Accommodations

Location: Siena > Montalcino

Sleeps: 10 Swimming Pool: Shared Features: Telephone, satellite TV, dishwasher, fridge, hairdryer, hoover, ironing equipment, tumble dryer, washing machine, fully equipped kitchen, individual climate control, pizza oven, barbecue. Bedrooms: 5 Availability: All year Bathrooms: 5

Poggio di Sopra is an original stone structure from the end of the 1800's. It was completely refurbished in 1998, maintaining the original farm structure but at the same time providing a series of modern comforts.

The complex is made-up of two apartments, a separate professional kitchen (available upon request) with dining area and tasting bar and a small stone annex that has been converted into a utility building with laundry facilities, extra refrigerators, and work area. The main building is also furnished with standard office and computer equipment.

Entrance to the two apartments is on the southwest side of the complex together with the terraced porch done in herringbone terracotta brickwork and the swimming pool. Part of the porch and pool is covered by a sloped awning in masonry. All look out onto the fantastic and unobstructed panorama. Mt. Amiata in front of us seems to keep us silent company while enjoying the vistas that extend as far as the horizon.

Lower Apartment

The apartment consists of:
• Unified kitchen
• Dining and living area that opens out onto the porch/terrace above the pool.
• 1 master bedroom and shower bath.
• 1 bedroom with two single beds and divan bed.
• Bathroom with small bathtub.

Here, as in all the other units of Chia ownership, the apartment is decorated with small colored prints of the Maestro.

Upper Apartment

he apartment consists of:
• 1 double bedroom
• 1 bedroom with two single beds
• 1 master suite with master bedroom
• 3 bathrooms (1 with tub, 2 with shower)
• Sitting room
• Salon
• Fully equipped kitchen with dining table for eight

An outdoor travertine stairway leads to the three-bedroom apartment. The main door opens onto a comfortable and stylish salon with couches, armchairs and walls all done in a powdery grey-blue.
The chosen color-scheme, together with the numerous windows looking out on endless vistas, gives the feeling, even inside, of our being just a step away from being suspended in cottony clouds. A spot where between earthly and celestial paradise lies only a thin cushion of vineyards and olive trees; and where the meeting of these two creates a particular eno-gastronomic alchemy which has given us the heavenly and world renowned wine of Montalcino.

The walls, where there is not one of the many windows, carry the prints of the artist; in this apartment you find a nice variety of both colored prints and single or bi-colored pen and ink drawings.

On the west side of the house are two bedrooms: one double bedroom and one bedroom with two single beds. This side of the house also has one bathroom with bathtub, a large armoire in the corridor and a shower bath.

The east side of the house is arranged like a master suite with master bedroom and adjoining sitting room and shower bathroom.

The kitchen, on the northern side of the house, has a dining table for eight.

Annex

It is possible to rent the annex together with one or both of the apartments of Poggio di Sopra. The annex sleeps 2 people and consists of a double sofa bed and a bathroom. Cars are left in a parking area under a statuesque olive tree situated on top of small mount with a circular flower bed round it. The complex itself is graced with terracotta flower boxes all around holding various types of geraniums.

Professional Kitchen (available upon request):
Professional kitchen and spacious dining hall with smaller adjoining room with fireplace, two large leather couches and a wooden buffet suitable for wine tasting and hors d'oeuvres. This area has windows on two sides of the structure and is witness to winter sunsets, featured in the hall are the wines of owners own label: Castello Romitorio.
Small brightly covered prints by the artist Sandro Chia decorate the hall, some of them being the images used for the different types of wines of the private label. Although the hall is not a restaurant for the public, private dinners and receptions can be arranged through our private cook.

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