About the producer
The story of Sassicaia begins in the 1940s when Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta inherited the 7,500-acre Tenuta San Guido estate in Bolgheri, following his marriage to Clarice della Gherardesa. At this time, Bolgheri had no history of commercial winemaking and was primarily producing orchard fruit. A fan of Bordeaux wines, Incisa della Rocchetta sourced some Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon vines from a grower in Pisa and planted a small vineyard on the property.