Everyone knows that Tenuta San Guido began cultivating Cabernet Sauvignon vines in the late 1940s, and it debuted Sassicaia, the original Super Tuscan, in 1968. But before Sassicaia became Sassicaia, the estate made its Bordeaux-style wine, and this as-yet unnamed progenitor served as the inspiration for Castello dei Rampolla owner Alceo di Napoli to plant his own Cabernet Sauvignon and craft his own Bordeaux-style wine, Sammarco, which debute...
For those who work in biodynamic agriculture, every creature of the Earth and Air is important. This includes those which many consider to be superfluous or even hostile: flowers, grass and insects. On our land the grass is left to grow freely, and sometimes even sown, so as to shade the soil and to retain the moisture, as well as to prevent erosion. The process that vitalizes the biodynamic compounds takes place in “flow forms”, a system of p...
All operations in the cellar are geared to preserving the original quality of the grapes. It is only by working in this way that we can infuse our wine with the distinctive character of the land.
We harvest manually. he grapes are then put in concrete vats to start a process of maceration which generally lasts 25-30 days, of which 7-8 are of alcoholic fermentation. The grape must is vitalized by using flow forms. The drawing of the wine from ...
The connection between our two generations is summarized in one word: Research.
Research that has continued since the 1970’s, when Alceo introduced vines which were “unusual” for the time, up until 2010, when Luca and Maurizia made the first wine without sulphites. There have been many stages in this research, and there will be many more to come for, we believe that man should be a never-ending force for growth.
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