In the Tuscan Maremma, on the stretch of the Etruscan coast between Livorno and Grosseto, stands Tenuta San Guido, named in honour of San Guido della Gherardesca, who lived in the 13th century. The Tenuta is an estate of approximately 2,500 hectares, of which one hundred are planted with vines. The estate was the first to produce a Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine back in the 1940s thanks to the experiments and vision of its founder, Marquis Mario Incisa della Rocchetta. The choice of this variety and the use of barriques for ageing laid the foundations for the 'Bolgheri' model. The winery is the only one to have vineyards suitable for claiming DOC Bolgheri Sassicaia, a typology born as a sub-zone of DOC Bolgheri back in 1994 and converted to an autonomous DOC in December 2013. The estate's wine par excellence is Sassicaia, whose first vintage on the market dates back to 1968.
