San Guido estate – a well-known Italian winery located in the Tuscan sub-region of Bolgheri, having the Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC category.
Produces three red dry wines from its own vineyards: Sassicaia Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC; Guidalberto IGT and Le Difese Toscana IGT.
The farm also produces the traditional extra virgin olive oil Tenuta San Guido Extra Vergine di Oliva and, since 1994, the Grappa di Sassicaia grappa, together with the famous Italian producer from the Venice region, Jacopo Poli.
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History of Sassicaia
1921 – 1925: Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta (Mario Incisa) was inspired by the idea to create a “purebred” wine, and for him, as for the entire aristocracy of that time, Bordeaux was the ideal.
1940 Settling with his wife Claris on Tenuta San Guido on the Tyrrhenian coast, Mario experimented with several French grape varieties (cuttings of which he found on the estate of the Dukes of Salviati in Migliarino), where he came to the conclusion that Cabernet Sauvignon was exactly what he wanted. searched.
The innovative decision to plant this particular variety in Tenuta San Guido was partly due to the similarity of the landscape with Tuscany and the Graves region of Bordeaux.
1948 – 1967: The first Marchese vintages received critical acclaim from critics. The problem was that the tasters of the region were used to light, local wines. Because of this, Sassicaia (Sassicaia) remained for some time a purely local drink, only for consumption in Tenuta San Guido.
Later, the Marquises realized that due to aging, the wine improved significantly.
Friends and relatives were now urging Mario Inchisa to continue experimenting with his project and perfecting his revolutionary style of winemaking.
1968 Sassicaia is released for the first time. The wine received the classifier Bordeaux Premier Cru.
Over the next few years, the cellar was moved to a temperature-controlled facility, steel fermentation tanks were replaced with wooden ones, and French barriques were introduced into the aging process.
2019 – today: The company continues its successful business and pleases the world with new vintages, the current one can be found here.
Characteristics of Sassicaia
Drinks in this category belong to the category of the most legendary wines in Italy.
fragrance
The deep aroma reveals tones of blackcurrant, blueberry, hints of spices, lavender and mulberry.
Taste
It has an excellent balance, juicy and powerful tannins, a lot of fruits and spices create a real extravaganza.
Aftertaste
Fruity and long lasting.
The grape harvest begins with Cabarnet Franc in mid-September and ends with Cabarnet Sauvignon at the end of the month.
Alcoholic fermentation takes place in steel vats at a controlled temperature.
Maceration lasts 12 to 15 days for Cabarnet Franc and 10 to 13 for Cabarnet Sauvignon. The wine then undergoes malolactic fermentation, also in steel vats.
At the end of fermentation, the wine is poured into French oak barrels, where it spends up to 24 months.
Relevance: 25.07.2019
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