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A vertical collection of Sassicaia bottles
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Tenuta San Guido is an Italian winery in the DOC Bolgheri in Toscana, known as a producer of Super Tuscan wine. Sassicaia is considered one of Italy's top Bordeaux-style red wines.[1] The estate also produces a second wine, Guidalberto.

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[edit] History

Tenuta San Guido was established by Mario Incisa della Rochetta, of the Antoniori family, behind one of Italy's most significant negociant firms,[2] Considered the seminal Super Tuscan, since the 1980s adjacent to Ornellaia, suggested to be Lodovico Antinori’s competitive answer to his cousin Nicolò Incisa’s Sassicaia and his older brother Piero Antinori’s estate, Solaia.[3]

The 1968 vintage of Sassicaia was the first to be offered on the open market, one of the first Italian reds made in the image of fine red bordeaux.[4]

with the vineyards of the Ornellaia estate planted in 1981.[5]

In the late 1990s Sassicaia was granted its own DOC, the only wine from a single estate in Italy to enjoy this privilege.[4]

[edit] Production

Tenuta San Guido cultivates fruit from several plots scattered around Bolgheri extending 75 hectares, with the grape varieties of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc.[6] The second wine Guidalberto was introduced in 2000, and is composed of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and 10% Sangiovese.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Atkin, Tim, The Observer (October 1, 2000). Roll out the Barolo.
  2. ^ winepros.com.au. Oxford Companion to Wine. Antinori.
  3. ^ Teague, Lettie, Food & Wine (December, 2006). Are Super-Tuscans Still Super?.
  4. ^ a b winepros.com.au. Oxford Companion to Wine. Sassicaia.
  5. ^ Voss, Roger, Decanter.com (June 1, 2003). Producer Profile: Ornellaia.
  6. ^ Kissack, Chris, thewinedoctor.com. Tenuta San Guido.

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