San Felice
Castelnuovo Berardenga · Siena (SI)
Established
1968
Agricola San Felice (formed by an insurance group; the winery dates to 1978)
Yearly production
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estate (Chianti Classico)
Location
Castelnuovo Berardenga, province of Siena — in the south-eastern corner of Chianti Classico
Siena (SI)
Vineyard area
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Sangiovese-led Chianti Classico vineyards around the San Felice hamlet, plus Cabernet and Merlot for Vigorello
Appellations
Chianti Classico DOCGToscana IGT
History
Agricola San Felice grew from farms in Castelnuovo Berardenga bought by an insurance company in 1968; the winery itself dates its birth to 1978, under RAS ownership. Its roots as an estate reach far back, with the San Felice hamlet documented over a thousand years ago.
Under oenologist Enzo Morganti the estate became a Chianti Classico pioneer: it created Vigorello, one of the first Tuscan wines made entirely from red grapes with Cabernet and Merlot, and in the 1970s introduced Poggio Rosso as an early example of a Chianti Classico 'cru'.
San Felice remains known for its research vineyard and for Sangiovese-based Chianti Classico alongside the Vigorello Super Tuscan.
Wines
Illustrative selectionPoggio Rosso Gran Selezione
A pioneering single-vineyard Chianti Classico cru.
Il Grigio Gran Selezione
The estate's classic Gran Selezione.
Vigorello
One of the first Tuscan wines made solely from red grapes.
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