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Wines by Tenuta
San Guido
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Available Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia Selections
Tenuta
San Guido
Sassicaia
The One That Started It All...You’ve
heard it before, Sassicaia is the most collectible Italian
wine to come out of the Boot. The now historic wine is single-handedly
responsible for launching the Super Tuscan movement and
remains one of the most sought-after wines in the world.
Marchese Nicolò Incisa della Rocchetta
continues the 36 year old tradition at the Tenuta San Guido
estate, which is considered by many to be the birthplace
of Tuscan Cabernet. He is NOT influenced by the international
demand to create a super-extracted, monster red wine; instead,
he continues to produce the most elegant Super Tuscan there
is!
The Super Tuscan Pioneer
The term "Super Tuscan" conjures up words like
creativity, freedom, spirit, and defiance. In the time pre-dating
the Sixties, no one considered making a wine crafted along
Bordeaux lines on Italian soil, much less in a region not
yet established viticulturally. The theory back then was
that vines exposed to the sea winds and salty air of Bolgheri
would produce poor results. More importantly, the viticultural
regulations set forth by the DOC and DOCG limited creativity,
expression, and the qualitative potential of terroir.
It was the drive and foresight of Mario
Incisa della Rochetta, along with guidance from Giacomo
Tachis (Piero Antinori's winemaker) that made enological
history and created the Super Tuscan movement. Mario believed
in the evolution of Tuscany's viticulture and planted a
small vineyard of Cabernet Sauvignon in the Bolgheri hills
in 1944. The estate, Tenuta San Guido, was influenced by
the location’s similarity to Graves in Bordeaux. “Graves”
means “gravel” in French, and similarly, the
earth at Tenuta San Guido gave Sassicaia its name, which
in the Tuscan dialect means “stony ground.”
After 25 years of experimentation and relentless energy,
Sassicaia entered the world stage in 1968 to critical acclaim
with its first international release and thus the Super
Tuscan Pioneer was born.
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