Tenuta San Guido

Tentuta San Guido produces Sassicaia – Italy’s most famous wine. An icon from the Bolgheri coastline of Tuscany, made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, its rise to prominence in the late 1970s sparked the Super Tuscan revolution.

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.

Tenuta San Guido - producer

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