Leonardo Bellaccini and San Felice: Tasting the Soul of Chianti Classico and Super Tuscans

• Posted December 13, 2025

San Felice is one of those places that doesn’t just make wine. The stones, the cypresses, the slow Tuscan sunsets – everything feels in quiet harmony with Sangiovese. San Felice began as an ancient Tuscan hamlet and, over time, evolved into a modern wine estate that still feels like a village, with vines, olive trees, and people woven into the same fabric.

The San Felice story

Over the years, San Felice expanded beyond Chianti Classico into areas like Montalcino, but the soul remained anchored in the idea that wine is an expression of a living place. You taste that philosophy in the glass: structure without severity, fruit without flash, and this savory, herbal echo that feels like walking the vineyard rows just before dusk.

Enter Leonardo Bellaccini

At the center of that story stands Leonardo Bellaccini, long-time winemaker and quiet architect of San Felice’s modern style. He is known for treating Sangiovese not as a monolith, but as a family of personalities, using careful parcel selection and blending to craft wines that are precise yet soulful.

Those elements become characters in San Felice’s ongoing narrative until the 1960s. Following its sale