San Felice
San Felice Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Poggio Rosso 2019
| Denomination | Chianti Classico DOCG |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Area | Tuscany (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 80% Sangiovese, 10% Colorino |
| Aging | 20 months maturation in 500-litre French oak casks then 15 months ageing in bottle. |
Description
In the late 1970s, a number of selected sangiovese and colorino clones were planted at Poggio Rosso. This elegantly concentrated reserve is made from the painstaking selection of these grapes. Since the 2004 harvest, the original blend has been enriched with a small addition of pugnitello. Produced primarily in vintage years, the wine is conditioned in 500-litre ‘tonneaux’ for around 20 months and for a further 15 months in the bottle.
Awards
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2019
94/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
18 - 20 °C.
Longevity:
15 - 25 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 1968
- Oenologist: Leonardo Bellaccini
- Bottles produced: 900.000
- Hectares: 140
The last being the Grisaldi Del Taja family, among the founders of the Chianti Classico Consortium in the first half of the 20th century. Then, in the 1970s, a new development model began: the estate was acquired by the Allianz Group, which focused on oenological and territorial excellence.
The Estate, through painstaking work, is completely restored with interventions that enhance its architectural and artistic features and, in 1992, becomes the only Resort in the Chianti Classico area to enter the international Relais & Châteaux luxury hotel circuit. At the same time, the winery began an extensive vineyard replanting programme to enhance the value of Sangiovese, a project flanked by scientific research on native vines, in collaboration with the Universities of Florence and Pisa. San Felice's territories extend over a total of about 700 hectares, 188 of which are planted with vines, in the three most prestigious production areas in Tuscany: Chianti Classico, Montalcino and Bolgheri.
The important recognitions obtained over the years prompted the company to expand the production areas, acquiring in 1981 the Campogiovanni estate in Montalcino, where it began the production of Brunello, and, in 2016, in the prestigious Bolgheri area, from which the wines of the new Bell'Aja brand are born. Today, the Borgo and San Felice are two successful realities with a single soul, combining tradition and innovation. Read more
| Name | San Felice Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Poggio Rosso 2019 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red green still |
| Denomination | Chianti Classico DOCG |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 80% Sangiovese, 10% Colorino |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Vendor | San Felice |
| Origin | Castelnuovo Berardenga (SI) |
| Soil composition | Medium textured, predominantly calcareous marl breakdown of Alberese and Galestro strata, with abundant gravel-pebble mixture, resting on rocks the Monte Morello formation or on Macigno sandstone. Some extension into silt- and sand-rich alluvial soils. |
| Cultivation system | Guyot and spurred cordon. |
| Harvest | Sangiovese and Colorino: 24th–26th September Pugnitello: 2nd-3rd October. |
| Fermentation temperature | 28-30 °C |
| Fermentation | 20-25 days. |
| Wine making | 20-25 days fermentation on the skins at 28-30 °C, followed by malolactic fermentation. |
| Aging | 20 months maturation in 500-litre French oak casks then 15 months ageing in bottle. |
| Total acidity | 5.6 gr/L |
| Residual sugar | 2.2 gr/L |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |
