The history of Fèlsina rediscovered by the Tuscans
On 25 January, we accompanied a group of selected Tuscan journalists and tasters to rediscover the reality of Fèlsina, an iconic Chianti winery and borderland between Chianti Classico and the Crete Senesi. With Giovanni Poggiali, owner of the winery, agronomist Alessandro Chellini and collaborators Marco Barbi and Chiara Leonini, we took part in a short tour of the Fèlsina vineyards. Located in a profoundly heterogeneous territory, they are capable of producing wines that have written the history of the company, such as Rancia, Fontalloro and Colonia. After a visit to the historic cellar and the vinsantaia, the three labels were then the subject of the tasting, a brief vertical tasting of the 2009 and 2019 vintages, to arrive at the final treat, a small off-program with the Fontalloro 1999, from the winery’s private reserve. The appointment with the Tuscan press was the occasion for an informal and in-depth meeting of Fèlsina, which today has Giovanni Poggiali at its helm and pursues the constant search for authenticity in the vineyard and in the cellar, between nature and technique. The leitmotif of the meeting was Sangiovese, in purity in the three wines: the company was among the first to choose to vinify this symbolic Tuscan vine in purity, to investigate all the nuances it is capable of taking on in this territory.