winery

Podere Le Boncie

Tuscany, Italy

Philosophy

Open-top wooden fermentation with indigenous yeasts, hand-harvested at densities of 7,000 vines per hectare, aged in neutral wood. Sangiovese blended with traditional Tuscan varieties—Colorino, Mammolo, Ciliegiolo, Fogliatonda—in pursuit of pure expression without new oak or manipulation.

Reputation

Giovanna Morganti, the oenologist who studied at San Felice in the mid-1980s, received from her father a small olive farm called Le Boncie in the hamlet of San Felice, south of Castelnuovo Berardenga. She began production in 1990, planting traditional Tuscan varieties on terraced, densely-spaced vineyards at altitude, rejecting the industrial path her region was taking.

AllocationVineyard size varies slightly in sources: 3ha (primary), 3.5ha, 4ha, 5ha cited elsewhere; used 4ha as median conservative figure. Organic certified 2005 per Château Monty source; practicing biodynamic but not certified per SipWines. Founded 1990 with first vintage confirmed by multiple sources. Exit from Chianti Classico DOCG documented in 2012. US importer is Rosenthal Wine Merchant (primary); multiple secondary US retail partners identified. Website operational but minimal content. Production ~1,000 cases annually per importer notes (approximately 6,000 bottles). Owner Giovanna Morganti, mentioned co-proprietor Giorgio Serao on one retail site but not consistently verified. | Importer overflow captured (importer_other): 'Patron Saint Wine (US distributor)' | Importer overflow captured (importer_other): 'Pasanella & Son (US)' | Importer overflow captured (importer_other): 'Leon & Son Wine (US)' | Importer overflow captured (importer_other): 'Zarah Wine (US distributor)' | Importer overflow captured (importer_other): 'Cream Wine (US distributor)'

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