Tenuta San Guido

Tuscan winery where the (Bolgheri Sassicaia) is produced; see there.

The "Tenuta San Guido" winery is located ten kilometres off the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea near the municipality of Bolgheri in the DOC area of the same name south of Livorno in the Italian region of Tuscany. It is very rare (except in Bordeaux) for a wine name to be synonymous with the producer and for the winery name to be rather unknown. In this case, it is "Sassicaia", which is produced by this winery. Marchese Mario Incisa della Rochetta (1899-1983), who came from an ancient noble family dating back to the Roman Empire, settled here. He had a hereditary background, as his grandfather Leopoldo Incisa had written a bibliography on the most important Italian and international grape varieties of the time.

SDassicaia - Tenuta San Guido

First wine in 1948

Even as a young student of agriculture in Pisa, the Marchese had dreamed of making a "noble wine", the benchmark or model for him being Bordeaux. He therefore began experimenting with French grape varieties. Cabernet Sauvignon was planted on a stony slope below Castiglioncello Castle in 1944. At the time, this was outside all recognised growing areas. The first wine was produced in 1948, but the vintages up to 1960 were only drunk on the estate. A few cases of each vintage were stored. Through regular tastings, the...

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