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Tenuta di Biserno, formerly Tenuta Campo di Sasso, is an Italian winery near Bibbona north of Bolgheri, in the DOC called Terratico di Bibbona.[1] The area Maremma in in Toscana, known for the production of Super Tuscans, has been termed Italy's "gold coast".[2]

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[edit] History

The estate was established by Marchese Piero and Marchese Lodovico Antinori in 2001, initially named Tenuta Campo di Sasso.[3] The vineyard's original owners, the Mannoni family, also hold a share in the estate, as well as their nephew Niccolo Marzicchi Lenzi.[1]

An avant-garde wine cellar was designed for the estate by the architect Gae Aulenti.[2] Michel Rolland has been engaged as a consultant oenologist.[4]

In 2003 the Antinoris purchased an estate in the Wairau Valley, Marlborough with 13 hectares of Sauvignon Blanc vines, producing the two wines Mount Nelson and Ram's Hill.[5]

[edit] Production

Tenuta di Biserno, with approximately 70 hectares of vines planted, produces the second wine Il Pino di Biserno, and the Syrah, Cabernet Franc and Merlot blend Insoglio del Cinghiale, while the estate's flagship wine Biserno is not expected to be released until 2010. From the Bolgheri estate, Tenuta I Pianali there is produced Coronato.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Robinson, Jancis, jancisrobinson.com (September 12, 2001). Piero and Lodovico Antinori - together again.
  2. ^ a b O'Keefe, Kerin, Decanter.com (July 4, 2005). Antinori hires top architect for new cellar.
  3. ^ Alexander, Todd B. Italian Wine Report (April 2, 2008). Tenuta di Biserno: Antinori Bros Unite.
  4. ^ Shah, Michele, Decanter.com (July 12, 2005). Rolland appointed new Antinori consultant.
  5. ^ Harpers (January 9, 2008). Lodovico Antinori appoints MMD.

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