
I SISTRI
Felsina began in the 1980s with plantings of Chardonnay from French clones and has been among the first wineries in Tuscany to experiment with this variety. After a period of trialling clones and rootstocks to best suit the area, the first vintage released was 1987.

General Characteristics
Denomination: Indicazione Geografica Tipica Toscana.
Varietal: 100% Chardonnay.
Growing area: First grafts from French clones, starting in the mid 1980s, on the nearby Castello di Farnetella. New grafting in the first decade of the 2000s at Felsina, in the area of Podere Poggiolo.
Vineyard density: About 5.400 vines per hectare.
Training system: Simple Guyot with 8-14 buds. Thinning in July.
Harvest: Hand-picked into small casks.
Vineyard age: From the selection of vineyards in the seventies-eighty were conducted thorough investigations to identify the most suitable parent plants at drawing grafting and replanting took place in the early 2000s.
Vinification
After hand-picking the clusters are soft pressed with about a 60% of juice yield. The must is cold settled and transferred after 24 hours into 225 lt French oak barrels, where fermentation occurs. The wine undergoes maturation on the lees with daily programmed batonnage, it is racked and assembled in August-September and bottled aged for at least 3 months before release.
Sensory Profile
Straw-yellow color. On the nose characteristics of tropical fruit and peach
with pleasant hints of spice and well-integrated vanilla. The palate is full and slightly creamy with an elegant and well-balanced structure to ensure better acidity and a fresh flavor.
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