Tenuta San Guido
Description
Data of interest
The impressive Tenuta San Guido estate is located in Bolgheri (Livorno, Tuscany). It spans 2,500 hectares, 75 of which are occupied by vineyards exclusively dedicated to the production of Sassicaia, one of Italy's most important wines. A vineyard so exceptional that it has earned its own designation, the only Italian designation entirely included within a single property.
The origins of Sassicaia wine date back to the 1940s. Marquis Mario Incisa della Rocchetta dreamed of creating a wine in the style of the great Bordeaux wines. He found similarities between the soils of the Graves region (Bordeaux) and those of the Tenuta San Guido estate, an area at the time without a winemaking tradition. Convinced of its good adaptation, he imported cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc vines. Time proved him right, as the cabernet sauvignon delivered extraordinary results.
In 1944, he produced the first bottles of Sassicaia, intended for family consumption. The first commercial vintage was 1968. In the following years, the winery replaced wooden vats with stainless steel tanks with temperature control for fermentation and introduced French oak barrels for aging.
Foundation year
1940
Owned vineyard
90
Address
Località Le Capanne 27.
