Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido is a prestigious symbol of made in Italy in the wine sector, known all over the world. This legendary estate is located in the Bolgheri area and extends for 13 km between the coast and the gentle hills of Maremma. Its name comes from San Guido della Gherardesca, who lived in the 13th century and was the ancestor of Count Giuseppe della Gherardesca, founder of the estate in the early 1900s. But the glorious history of the estate begins when Marquis Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, son-in-law of the count and cousin of the Antinori family, takes the reins of the property and inaugurates the production of a great wine made in the style of Bordeaux wines, Sassicaia.
The story of Tenuta San Guido and Sassicaia has become legend: in the 1940s, Mario Incisa della Rocchetta decides to give vines to the dream of producing a Bordeaux-style blend aged in barriques according to the French style and plants some Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc vines, sensing a similarity between the territory of Bolgheri and that of Graves, in Bordeaux. In 1948, the first vintage of Sassicaia is produced for friends and family, so named for the stony and gravelly composition of the soil, but it is only marketed starting from the 1968 vintage, which also marks the beginning of the collaboration between the Marquis and the great winemaker Giacomo Tachis. Initially, the wine was met with much skepticism in Italy, given the substantial novelty of using international grape varieties and barriques, but few achieved international acclaim as one of the best red wines in the world, especially with the 1985 vintage, considered the first great vintage of Sassicaia.
Tenuta San Guido has been managed since 1983 by Nicolò Incisa della Rocchetta, son of Mario, who deserves credit for having contributed to increasing the prestige of Sassicaia in the world, remaining faithful to his father's insights, and for having created other great wines: Guidalberto, produced since 2000, and Le Difese, since 2002. Names that constitute a must-try for all lovers of great red wines. True national glories, symbols of Italian excellence in the world.
Tenuta San Guido is a prestigious symbol of made in Italy in the wine sector, known all over the world. This legendary estate is located in the Bolgheri area and extends for 13 km between the coast and the gentle hills of Maremma. Its name comes from San Guido della Gherardesca, who lived in the 13th century and was the ancestor of Count Giuseppe della Gherardesca, founder of the estate in the early 1900s. But the glorious history of the estate begins when Marquis Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, son-in-law of the count and cousin of the Antinori family, takes the reins of the property and inaugurates the production of a great wine made in the style of Bordeaux wines, Sassicaia.
The story of Tenuta San Guido and Sassicaia has become legend: in the 1940s, Mario Incisa della Rocchetta decides to give vines to the dream of producing a Bordeaux-style blend aged in barriques according to the French style and plants some Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc vines, sensing a similarity between the territory of Bolgheri and that of Graves, in Bordeaux. In 1948, the first vintage of Sassicaia is produced for friends and family, so named for the stony and gravelly composition of the soil, but it is only marketed starting from the 1968 vintage, which also marks the beginning of the collaboration between the Marquis and the great winemaker Giacomo Tachis. Initially, the wine was met with much skepticism in Italy, given the substantial novelty of using international grape varieties and barriques, but few achieved international acclaim as one of the best red wines in the world, especially with the 1985 vintage, considered the first great vintage of Sassicaia.
Tenuta San Guido has been managed since 1983 by Nicolò Incisa della Rocchetta, son of Mario, who deserves credit for having contributed to increasing the prestige of Sassicaia in the world, remaining faithful to his father's insights, and for having created other great wines: Guidalberto, produced since 2000, and Le Difese, since 2002. Names that constitute a must-try for all lovers of great red wines. True national glories, symbols of Italian excellence in the world.
