Fèlsina FELSINA RANCIA Chianti Classico Riserva 2021

Description

The Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia 2021 is a historic Chianti reserve, the first vintage dates back to 1983. Rancia it is first of all a vineyard owned by Fèlsina located in one of the most suitable areas of Castelnuovo Berardenga. The vineyard has soils of calcareous origin, mainly characterized by alberese (typical of the Chiantigiano area), and marl. Altitude between 350 and 400 meters above sea level. After the selected grapes have been pressed and destemmed, fermentation begins between 28°C and 30°C. The entire maceration process takes place in steel tanks for 16-20 days with automatic punching down and daily pumping over. In March-April the new wine is transferred to new French oak barriques and after 18-20 months of maturation it is assembled and bottled. In glass, aging is guaranteed for at least 6-8 months before being marketed.

It was 1966 when Domenico Poggialini bought the Felsina property in the Berardenga district in the extreme south of the Chianti Classico appellation. At that time the company existed mainly for the production of oil, cereals and other crops. There were just 2.5 hectares of vineyards and while Domenico and his son Beppe worked hard to expand the vineyards and the cellar during the first few years, it was only with the arrival of Giuseppe Mazzacolin following his marriage to Domenico’s daughter , Gloria, that Felsina took flight. With Mazzacolin also came Bernabei’s oenological consultancy and the need to focus on Sangiovese as the company’s main vine as opposed to the fashion of the period which saw relying on Bordeaux vines. Felsina wines are children of their terroir which is very varied. The soils can be clayey-sandy with marine deposits or stony (alberese) and poor. The result is an exciting palette of Chianti Classico which have in common a generous body, great complexity and notes of fruit and undergrowth that are always clearly perceptible