Marchesi Antinori Srl Tenuta di Guado al Tasso

The Guado al Tasso Estate stretches from the green hills surrounding the ancient village of Bolgheri to the sea, in a wonderful plain with a particular conformation called "anfiteatro Bolgherese " (The amphitheatre of Boglheri). The area of the estate is more than 1,000 hectares, 300 of which are vineyards. On the remaining lands, corn, sunflowers and olive groves grow, there is also a wood called la Macchia del Bruciato, where pigs and other animals are bred in a semi-wild state.. The Guado al Tasso Estate was part of feudal lands, which were property of the Della Gherardesca family, whose roots in this region date back more than 1,200 years. In the 1930s the land was inherited by Carlotta della Gherardesca Antinori, mother of Piero Antinori, and by her sister, who was married to Mario Incisa della Rocchetta (her dowry was the nearby Estate of San Guido). In the estate there are seven castles, and 86 watch towers, built 1,000 years ago in order to protect the lands from the Saracen invaders coming from the African coasts.