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  • Wine average?

    92 Tb
  • Country Ranking?

    110
  • Region Ranking?

    35
  • Popularity ranking?

    236

News

We feel so honoured that Fèlsina’s Vin Santo has been chosen by Franco Ricci, President of Italian Sommelier Foundation, as one of the three wines given as a gift to Pope Francis for this Christmas, in representation of the Italian Sommelier Foundation.

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History

In 1966, Domenico Poggiali found a cellar set into the tufa hills of his estate. It was small, built of stone with a wide brick vault. Construction of an underground wine cellar connecting with the old stables, once home to fine horses, was completed in the early 1970s and is still used for aging.

 

In 1998, Giovanni and his father Giuseppe Poggiali introduced new technology into their winemaking techniques — stainless steel — instrument...

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Vineyards

Fèlsina is located on the southeast edge of the Chianti Classico appellation, between the last spurs of the Chianti hills and the beginning of the Ombrone valley. The entire Fèlsina estate covers 600 hectares, of which 95 is planted with vines. From a geological viewpoint, Fèlsina is a “frontier land” nestled between the Chianti Classico and Crete Senesi areas, in the direction of Montalcino.

Essentially rocky calcareous soil, with a prepon...

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Winemaking

The great transformation of vinification and aging techniques and collaboration with laboratory technicians has not changed the heart of the winemaker. Guarding his wines, meticulous and careful, the same man whose job is quieter and introverted in the winter takes center stage during spring and summer.

 

The magic of harvest time, when the ripe grapes are plucked row by row and taken to the cellars, is the culmination of the work and li...

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