In the glass
Aroma: sour cherry, violet, graphite, Mediterranean herbs
Palate: red plum, tobacco, iron, balsamic
Sangiovese-led Gran Selezione from Castelnuovo Berardenga with a small slice of the rare indigenous Pugnitello grape.
What it pairs with
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Bistecca alla fiorentina
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Gran Selezione tannins frame the T-bone marbling. -
Wild boar pappardelle
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Iron-graphite mineral resonates with boar ragu. -
Aged pecorino with chestnut honey
Sweet umami meets red-fruit lift.
History
Originally a Vigorello-stable Sangiovese Riserva, now bottled at the Gran Selezione tier from the Poggio Rosso vineyards at Castelnuovo Berardenga. Includes a small percentage of Pugnitello, the indigenous grape recovered by San Felice from near-extinction.
- 1979 — First vintage of Il Grigio Riserva
- 2013 — Reclassified Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
Facts
- Producer
- San Felice
- Grapes
- Sangiovese (85%), Pugnitello (10%), Colorino (5%)
- Classification
- Chianti Classico DOCG Gran Selezione
- Oak
- 24 months in French oak barriques and tonneaux
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Price
- EUR 40 to 60 at retail
- Drinking window
- 4 to 15 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1979
Scores
- Wine Advocate 95 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)
- Vinous 94 (2018 vintage, reviewed 2021)