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Soldera

Name: Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido 1985 1.5 lt.
Brand: Tenuta San Guido
SKU: 002043

Gianfranco and Graziella Soldera are guided by a philosophy of respect for the laws of nature, allowing it to express all its potential. On their estate southwest of Montalcino, they cultivate more than 23 hectares of the Sangiovese Grosso vine, which is used for their Brunello di Montalcino.

In the heart of Tuscan Maremma, between Livorno and Grosseto, the Tenuta San Guido estate vineyards cover 90 hectares of hillsides, growing at an altitude of up to almost 400 metres, surrounded by Mediterranean scrub. The estate’s vineyards are strictly divided into selected zones according to the different characteristics of exposure and soil composition.

Gianfranco and Graziella believe that, to obtain a fine product, you need to draw on past experience, fully understanding it, in order to verify and innovate it with modern experimental techniques. This is why the wines produced on the Case Basse estate are the result of research and study. Backed by faculties of agriculture in various universities and the department of microbiology in Florence, Casa Soldera wines are supported by an electronic control unit that checks the weather all year round and by careful study of the entire vinification stage, allowing control and analysis of the wine from the vine to the glass.

They do all this while respecting traditional cultivating techniques, with weed killer-free fertilising, a structure and organisation of the vines that allow for manual processing, dual pruning, thinning of the grapes and limited defoliation in the autumn that helps the fruit to ripen properly.

Sassicaia: top wine of Tenuta San Guido

Sassicaia is the Tenuta San Guido estate's top wine, whose history dates back to the 1920s. This was when young Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, a student in Pisa, decided to follow his dream and create a purebred wine. French Bordeaux wine was his point of reference and that of the aristocracy of the time. Later when he and his wife moved to the San Guido estate, he started experimenting and, realising just how similar this area of Tuscany is to the French subregion of Graves in Bordeaux, he decided to attempt to grow vines here, a zone hitherto unknown to the world of wine. This led to Sassicaia, which, for nearly 20 years (1948-1967), was produced strictly for private consumption. Over the years, leaving the wine to age in the estate’s cellars, he realised that with time, what had previously seemed defects became virtues. And so, in 1968, Mario Incisa della Rocchetta decided to launch on the market the first vintage of this italian fine red wine, which was given a welcome equal to that of a Premier Cru from Bordeaux. Along with Sassicaia, the Tenuta San Guido estate also produces Guidalberto and Le Difese. sassicaia tenuta san guido