Podere Le Boncie

Podere Le Boncie is located in the hamlet of San Felice, which in turn is located a few minutes north of Castelnuovo Berardenga, in the southern part of the Chianti Classico area.
Giovanna studied oenology and began working in the mid-1980s for San Felice wines in Castelnuovo Berardenga, near Siena, on a project to plant some 300 traditional Tuscan grape varieties harvested from old vines. When Giovanna’s father gave her a small farm with olive groves, called Le Boncie, he added a vineyard planted with his favorites from the experimental project – Sangiovese, of course, but also Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Foglia tonda Mammolo and Prugnolo.

The vineyard, planted at a very high density of 7000 vines per hectare is mainly dedicated to Sangiovese (integrated by a few rows of Fogliatonda) and produces the company’s definitive wine: “Le Trame”. The work in the vineyard is conducted according to the general principles of the biodynamic movement. The harvest is manual. Fermentation takes place in traditional open-air wooden tanks. The elevation is long and quiet with an occasional racking implemented to aerate the wine. Aging takes place in medium-sized barrels; the wine is then left to age in the bottle for at least six months before being marketed.