PHILOSOPHY: MILESTONES

PHILOSOPHY: MILESTONES MILESTONES IN SAN FELICE WINES FIRST SUPER TUSCAN •  1968 San Felice launches Vigorello (wine of vigour), thus becoming the first estate to produce a wine in the Chian> Classico area without the use of white grapes as was required by the appella>on's regulatory code. This was the wine that spawned the Super Tuscan class. IL GRIGIO •  1969 first produc>on of Il Grigio da San Felice, with a label depic>ng Gregorio Vecelio, father of . the painter Ti>an and captain of the Centuria of Pieve di Cadore (Belluno), also known as Il Grigio
IL CRÛ •  1978 first year of produc>on of Poggio Rosso, at the >me a rare example of a Chian> Classico crû, tes>fying to San Felice's commitment to enhancing the image of the appella>on. The name derives the vineyard of the same name from which the grapes are harvested. UNIQUE BLEND IN THE CHIANTI CLASSICO AREA 2014 First producKon of Il Grigio Gran Selezione, the result of painstaking selec>on of our best Sangiovese cul>vated in 5 zones of excellence in our produc>on area, combined with a 20% complement made up of 5 excep>onal na>ve varie>es brought back to prominence in the San Felice Vi>arium: Abrusco, Pugnitello, Malvasia Nera, Ciliegiolo and Mazzese.