Truffle Hunting Experience in Chianti, Tuscany

Chianti is the landscape that defines Tuscany in the world's imagination — a tapestry of vineyard-draped hills, cypress-lined roads, and stone farmhouses perched above valleys cultivated since Etruscan times. The Chianti Classico appellation, designated in 1716 by Grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici, is one of the world's oldest defined wine regions. Today the black rooster (Gallo Nero) on every Chianti Classico bottle marks wines that capture the essence of this storied terroir.

Truffle hunting in Chianti is a quiet, intimate experience — a 60–90 minute walk through chestnut and oak woods with a local tartufaio and his Lagotto Romagnolo dogs. The dogs do the finding; the tartufaio extracts the truffle by hand to protect the mycelium so the spot will yield again next year.

After the hunt you sit down to a long, multi-course lunch built around the truffle itself: tagliolini with fresh shavings, eggs with white truffle, beef tagliata, and a final pecorino course. White truffle season runs September to December; black truffle is available year-round.