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Some nurture particularly close family ties, and a business serves as a traditional medium for honoring one’s heritage. With respect to the Antinori and della Rocchetta families, however, viticultural genius truly seems to run in the family, rendering their Bolgheri triptych—Tenuta San Guido (Sassicaia: Mario Incisa della Rocchetta); Tenuta dell’Ornellaia (Ornellaia & Masseto: Lodovico Antinori); and Guado al Tasso (Guado al Tasso: Piero Antinori) a powerful evocation of a wine dynasty. While Piero was technically the last of the family to enter Bolgheri’s Maremma, Guado al Tasso formally established his claim to the Maremma, as it was founded upon land inherited by his mother, Carlotta della Gherardesca Antinori, whose family had a long-standing presence in the region. It is also significant to note that Sassicaia, the premiere Super-Tuscan, effectually served as the philosophical foundation of Antinori’s Tignanello, as brothers Piero and Lodovico (prior to their split [in 1985]), sent Giacomo Tachis to direct the vinification of Sassicaia. Their experience directly informed Tignanello’s conception, validating the application of the Bordeaux model to Italian wine.
Not only is Guado al Tasso the Antinori for those in the know, it is also the flagship of Antinori’s Bolgheri estate—Tenuta Belvedere—a property that, at one time, actually comprised what now constitute the individual holdings of both Tenuta San Guido and Tenuta dell’Ornellaia. As such, there was profound precedence here for the cultivation of Bordeaux varietals, particularly Cabernet Sauvignon (which had first been planted by Mario Incisa della Rocchetta in 1944). The zone of Bolgheri is particularly conducive to the growth of Cabernet Sauvignon, as the maritime climate provides for the heat that Cabernet requires to sufficiently ripen.
- Country : Italy
- Region: Toscana
- Subregion/Appellation: Bolgheri Rosso
Some nurture particularly close family ties, and a business serves as a traditional medium for honoring one's heritage. With respect to the Antinori and della Rocchetta families, however, viticultural genius truly seems to run in the family, rendering their Bolgheri triptych Tenuta San Guido (Sassicaia: Mario Incisa della Rocchetta); Tenuta dell Ornellaia (Ornellaia & Masseto: Lodovico Antinori); and Guado al Tasso (Guado al Tasso: Piero Antinori) a powerful evocation of a wine dynasty. While Piero was technically the last of the family to enter Bolgheri's Maremma, Guado al Tasso formally established his claim to the Maremma, as it was founded upon land inherited by his mother, Carlotta della Gherardesca Antinori, whose family had a long-standing presence in the region. It is also significant to note that Sassicaia, the premiere Super-Tuscan, effectually served as the philosophical foundation of Antin's Tignanello, as brothers Piero and Lodovico (prior to their split [in 1985]), sent Giacomo Tachis to direct the vinification of Sassicaia. Their experience directly informed Tignanello's conception, validating the application of the Bordeaux model to Italian wine.
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