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 Producer:
Fattoria
di Felsina
Region: Toscana
DOC(G):
Chianti
Classico
Chianti Classico Riserva
Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia
Fontalloro IGT
About the Producer:
In
the 17 published editions of Gambero
Rosso, this Tuscan
estate has won the coveted Tre Bicchieri (Three Glasses) award
17 times. And they did it by revealing the true essence
of the Sangiovese grape and the Chianti Classico terroir. This
tells us that this is a winery of consistency, producing Chianti
Classicos with the ability to age up to two decades for
the right vintage. As at the great Brunello estates,
it is the marriage of an ideal microclimate and the uncompromising
commitment of a dedicated staff that educes the full character
of Tuscany's noble grape, even in off vintages. Even more importantly,
this is a producer who creates compelling wines and releases them
at contained prices, making Felsina accessible
to all wine enthusiasts and one of Italy's greatest values!
Fattoria di Felsina is situated in the hills northeast of Siena
in the commune of Castelnuovo Berardenga, on the southern tip of
the Chianti Classico DOCG production region. The estate maintains
the majority of the 75 hectares inside the Classico borders with
a small part resting in the Crete Senesi. How this estate
came to be is a Tuscan love story: in 1976, Giuseppe Mazzocolin
married
Gloria Poggialli in the chapel on the Felsina estate. From that
day on, the role of the dedicated Latin and Greek school teacher
quickly changed from educator to agricultural artisan. Though the
Poggialli family had purchased Felsina in 1964, it wasn’t
until the early '80s that Mazzocolin took the helm of the estate
and changed its course to focus on more Sangiovese. With the arrival
of talented wine consultant Franco Bernabei began a period of experimentation;
Franco and Giuseppe tried and tested new methods and vines and
determined that the southern estate was a natural breeding ground
for a unique, richer Sangiovese capable of producing more full-bodied
wines that could retain the traditional elegance of the grape.
Thus in 1983 Fontalloro and Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia were
born!
Fontalloro is a cuvee of grapes from vineyards
spread across three sites, two of which rest outside the delineated
zone of Chianti Classico. Because parts lie outside of the Classico
borders the Fontolloro will never be labeled Chianti Classico,
but rather a Super-Tuscan or IGT wine. Mazzocolin deliberately
took the vineyard outside the zone because he felt that the mixture
of soils provide the wine with a distinctive flavor. With the 2000
vintage the cru select Riserva Rancia, a dark, powerful union of
three different vineyards, stole the Tre Bicchieri award from Fontalloro,
and the two wines continue
to
compete for critical acclaim.
Related Wines and Links: Antinori,
Ca' Marcanda, Castell'in
Villa, Castello
dei Rampolla, Cesani,
Cima, Col
d'Orcia, Felsina, Fontodi,
Fossi, Grattamacco,
Guado al Tasso, Le
Macchiole, Montevertine,
Ornellaia, Podere
Forte, Querciabella,
Sassicaia, Tua
Rita, Vignavecchia
(Beccari).
Read more on IWM's offerings from Felsina!
Featured Wine(s):
Felsina
Chianti Classico
Felsina Chianti Classico Riserva
Felsina Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia
Felsina Fontalloro
Felsina Vin Santo
To purchase these wines, call our Portfolio
Managers at 212.473.2323.
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