A LONG HISTORY OF INNOVATION
1 Agricola San Felice: aerial view
2 San Felice: “the Borgo” (hamlet)
3 San Felice: “the Borgo” (hamlet)
4 San Felice: the aging cellar
5 San Felice: today
San Felice is today making wine in the following areas
SAN FELICE Total vineyards: 210 Ha
Tenuta San Felice Tenuta Campogiovanni Tenuta Perolla Territory: Chianti Classico Territory: Montalcino Territory: Maremma Total vineyards: 140 Ha Total vineyards: 20 Ha Total vineyards: 50 Ha
6 San Felice: the modern history
1978 AGRICOLA SAN FELICE San Felice is acquired by the present ownership which started the restructuring of the vineyards and the building of a new cellar, allowing the winery to develop ultra-premium viticulture.
1984 CAMPOGIOVANNI San Felice acquires Tenuta Campogiovanni in Montalcino, extending its line to include a prestigious Brunello.
1990 BORGO SAN FELICE A section of the hamlet of San Felice is re-structured as a hotel. Its sober, elegant style wins it quick inclusion in the prestigious Relais & Chateaux” guide. 1993 PEROLLA San Felice starts a new wine project at Tenuta Perolla in Maremma. 7 page 7 TUSCANY
8 San Felice: the landscape
9 Chianti Classico communes
Firenze
40 miles to San Felice San Casciano Val di Pesa
Greve in Chianti
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa Radda in Chianti Poggibonsi
Barberino Val d’Elsa Gaiole in Chianti
Castellina in Chianti
Siena 12 Miles to San Felice Castelnuovo Berardenga10 Florence
San Felice
Perolla
11 Poggibano Campogiovanni Agricola San Felice: vineyards, wines and olive groves
Type of Vineyards Products Denomination (total hectares) Chianti Classico Il Grigio DOCG 120 Chianti Classico Riserva Poggio Rosso Chianti Classico Riserva
DOC 2 Vin Santo Chianti Classico Vigorello Toscana Rosso IGT 18 Pugnitello Toscana Toscana Rosso Ancherona + Toscana Bianco
DOP Chianti Classico (nª OLIVE TREES 16.000 Olio Extra Vergine d’Oliva 12 San Felice new packaging
13 Campogiovanni: the landscape
14 Campogiovanni: vineyards, wines and olive groves
Type of Vineyards Products Denomination (total hectares)
Brunello di Montalcino 14 DOCG Il Quercione Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
DOC 6 Rosso di Montalcino
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Nº OLIVE TREES 2.000 Extra Virgin Olive Oil
15 Campogiovanni
16 Perolla: the landscape
17 Perolla: the Chianina breeding
18 PEROLLA: breeding Chianina beef cattle
“Possente”, this is his name, weighs 2,100 lbs and is 8’ tall 19 Perolla: vineyards and wines
Type of Vineyards Products Denomination (total hectares)
Rosso Maremma Toscana Igt 50 Vermentino Maremma Maremma Toscana Toscana Poggibano Maremma Toscana
20 Perolla new packaging
21 Background
This status is proved by our history: San Felice’s original strong focus on the study and the improvement of Sangiovese for the production of very typical Chianti Classicos (nowadays only pure Sangiovese).
1968 San Felice releases Vigorello; the first Supertuscan, 3 years earlier than Antinori (Tignanello) and 10 years earlier than the beginning of Supertuscans mode.
1978 San Felice produces the first vintage of Poggio Rosso, at that time a rare example of “crû” of Chianti Classico, confirming its strong engagement in this appellation.
1981 San Felice starts the research activity on the native grape varieties in collaboration with the University of Florence and Pisa, totally in contrast with the other producers focussing more on international varieties.
2006 San Felice releases Pugnitello, the first wine made with one of the native varieties rediscovered and studied together with the University; the first concrete result of 20 years of research. 22 Research and experimentation in cooperation with the Universities of Pisa & Florence In 1987 San Felice offered to plant 278 varieties (161 red) grown in Tuscany in an experimental vineyard on its property. This “Preservation Vineyard” became known as V I T I A R I U M
23 Pugnitello vine
¡ The owner of the vineyard where it was growing had no information regarding its provenance.
¡ Its name is derived from the shape of the cluster. (fist shaped; fist=pugno, pugnitello)
¡ There were no written references found in recent or past ampelographical works.
24 San Felice: a producer of excellence
WINE PRODUCTION AND RESEARCH
THE “BORGO” SAN FELICE THE (HAMLET) HOSPITALITY “RELAIS & CHATEAUX”
EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL & THE “CHIANINA BEEF” BREEDING
25 Why buy San Felice
THREE GOOD REASONS
A UNIQUE STYLE
BEST VALUE FOR MONEY IN EACH CATEGORY
A LARGE AND COMPLETE RANGE OF WINES
26 page 26 Conclusions
Everyone who works at San Felice needs to be conscious of participating in a significant project. Our sales team and our importers have a crucial role to transfer these values to customers and explain them all that a bottle of San Felice actually contains: tradition, research, high quality, innovation.
IN A WORD, A “STYLE.”
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