POVIJEST / HISTORY
Tenuta San Guido dobila je ime po svetom Guido della Gherardesca koji je živio tijekom XI stoljeća. Smješteno je na obali Tirenske, između Leghorna i Grosseta, u Maremmi, području koje je proslavio talijanski nobelovac Giosuè Carducci, a proteže se na 13 km od mora do brda. Tri su njegove ključne karakteristike: vino Sassicaia, čistokrvna ergela Razza Dormello-Olgiata i Ptičje utočište Padule di Bolgheri. Imanje dijele između Padule na obali, terena za vježbanje konja na ravnici i vinograda zasađenih do 350 metara na brdima. Potonji su dobili svoj vlastiti DOC, DOC Bolgheri Sassicaia, prvi i zasad jedini slučaj u Italiji DOC-a koji se nalazi u jednom imanju. The wedding of Mario Incisa della Rocchetta and Clarice della Gherardesca on October 18th 1930 started it all. They shared a love for thoroughbred horses that made them form a partnership with horse breeder and trainer Federico Tesio. Mario Incisa’s love of good wine made him plant Cabernet vines in 1942 for what was to become Sassicaia. Seventeen years later the Bolgheri Bird Sanctuary becomes Italy’s first private nature preserve.
Tenuta San Guido was named after the holy Guido della Gherardesca who lived during the 11th century. It is located on the coast of Tyrrhenia, between Leghorn and Grosseto, in Maremma, an area celebrated by Italian Nobel laureate Giosuè Carducci, and stretches 13 km from the sea to the hills. Three of its key characteristics are: Sassicaia wine, the purebred Razza Dormello-Olgiata stud farm and the Padule di Bolgheri Bird Sanctuary. The estate is divided between Padula on the coast, horse training grounds on the plain and vineyards planted up to 350 meters on the hills. The latter were given their own DOC, DOC Bolgheri Sassicaia, the first and so far only case in Italy of a DOC located in a single estate. The wedding of Mario Incisa della Rocchetta and Clarice della Gherardesca on October 18th 1930 started it all. They shared a love for thoroughbred horses that made them form a partnership with horse breeder and trainer Federico Tesio. Mario Incisa’s love of good wine made him plant Cabernet vines in 1942 for what was to become Sassicaia. Seventeen years later the Bolgheri Bird Sanctuary became Italy’s first private nature preserve.
