We did the Clay Hills tour in 2017. I don't know about the Madonna Bella farm extension. I just looked on the website but didn't see it. We had a very enjoyable day, six in our group joined by two others. We started with a tour of the Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, an active Benedictine monastery, famous for the beautiful Renaissance frescoes along the four corridors of the cloister, depicting the life of St. Benedict, painted by Luca Signorelli and Il Sodoma. Roberto's tour hit the highlights and was very interesting. We marveled at the beautiful tarsia work in the church's choir. This is a woodworking technique that creates a mosaic like picture with an illusion of depth. Then we visited the tiny town of Chiusure. At the time, it had only 98 residents, 29 of whom lived in a nursing home. It was fun to stroll down the streets of this place, completely off the tourist radar (except once a year when this town hosts an artichoke festival.) On the way to Chiusure we stopped at some scenic overlook areas for fabulous views of the Crete Senese. The final activity of the day was a visit to a family farm, a very high-end one, where we got a guided tour of the Brunello winemaking rooms and cellars and learned all about Brunello wine, then had a homemade lunch with two wine parings. To me, the day was a very good mix of diverse activities. However, if I were mainly focused on the wine, I might choose a different tour.
