Castelnuovo Berardenga

Fèlsina

Chianti Classico DOCG · Toscana IGT

If Castelnuovo Berardenga is Chianti’s city of Sangiovese, Fèlsina is where the idea is easiest to taste. On the Via del Chianti, at the southern edge of the zone, the estate spreads over five hundred hectares of vineyards, olive groves, woods and hunting reserve, with a villa and a church at its heart. Giovanni Poggiali has guided it since 1990, convinced that the future lies in Sangiovese in every expression.

The two wines that made the name both date from 1983 and both are pure Sangiovese: Rancia, now a Gran Selezione from the alberese soils of Poggio a Rancia, and Fontalloro, an IGT from vineyards that straddle the Chianti Classico border and the Crete Senesi. Farming has been organic since the early 2000s. Visits take in the historic cellar, barrel room and vinsantaia, and can extend to the vineyards, the olive groves and lunch.

Signature Wines

Rancia
Fontalloro
Colonia
Berardenga Chianti Classico

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