San Felice Il Grigio Chianti Classico Riserva 1.5L Magnum

Description

San Felice Il Grigio Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG is made only only from the finest Sangiovese grapes carefully selected from vineyard in the heart of the Chianti Classico vineyard region.

Agricola San Felice is an outstanding Tuscan winery who have pioneered key developments in the Chianti Classico region for the last 40 years. Based in Castelnuovo Berardenga, around 30 miles south-east of Florence and at the southern end of the Chianti Classico zone, this reputable estate includes 140 hectares of vineyard, a cellar, around 17,000 olive trees, and a village with a prestigious hotel complex. Winemaker Leonardo Bellaccini crafts a portfolio of wines which is highly regarded and multi award-winning – classic expressions of high quality Sangiovese. This is a pioneering winery – producing the fore-runner to the Supertuscans, Vigorello (the first wine in the Chianti Classico region roduced using solely red grapes) in the late 1960s. San Felice lies adjacent to its sister property, Villa la Pagliaia – and has an additional estate, Campogiovanni, in Montalcino.

San Felice Il Grigio Chianti Classico Riserva is made from a selection of the best Sangiovese grapes from the Chianti Classico vineyards on the Agricola San Felice Estates in Castelnuovo Berardenga, Siena. The vineyards are at altitudes of 350/400 m. above sea level and the soil is mostly limestone and loam. The vines are trained using the Guyot and Spurred Cordon methods. The must was fermented on the skins for 18-20 days at 28-30 degrees Centigrade. This was followed by malolactic fermentation in stainless steel vats. 80% of the wine was matured in Slavonian oak botte (60/90 Hl) for 24 months, while the remaining 20% was aged in French oak barriques. The wine is then aged for a further 12 months in bottle prior to release. 100% Sangiovese.

The front label features Titian’s famous portrait of a medieval knight in armour.