text: WINERY – TENUTA SAN GUIDO
  Tenuta San Guido is named after the Saint Guido della Gherardesca who lived during the XI century. It is located on the Tyrrhenian coast, between Leghorn and Grosseto, in Maremma an area made famous by Italian Nobel prize winner Giosuè Carducci, and it stretches for 13 km from the sea to the hills.
  Three are its defining characteristics: the Sassicaia wine, the Razza Dormello-Olgiata thoroughbred studfarm and the Bird Sanctuary Padule di Bolgheri. They divide the estate between the Padule on the coast, the horse’s training grounds on the plain, and the vineyards planted up to 350 meters on the hills. The latter have been given their own DOC, the DOC Bolgheri Sassicaia, the first, and so far only case in Italy of a DOC contained in one estate.
  The wedding of Mario Incisa della Rocchetta and Clarice della Gherardesca on October 18th 1930 started it all.
  They shared a love for thoroughbred horses that made them form a partnership with horse breeder and trainer Federico Tesio. Mario Incisa’s love of good wine made him plant Cabernet vines in 1942 for what was to become Sassicaia. Seventeen years later the Bolgheri Bird Sanctuary becomes Italy’s first private nature preserve.
  Le Difese (Toscana IGT) is produced by Tenuta San Guido since 2003.
  It is a 70% Cabernet and 30% Sangiovese blend.
  Fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats at controlled temperature and maceration lasts for about 12 days for both the Cabernet Sauvignon to the Sangiovese. It is then aged for 12 months in French and American oak barrels and for a further three months in the bottle.
  The wine is distinguished by a good structure and is extremely supple making it very pleasant and drinkable.
  Of absolute pleasure, Le Difese of Tenuta San Guido is a unique wine, which is deeply linked to the territory where it was created. The combination of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvigon has joined the force and the roundness of the first to the refinement and the scents of the second, giving a balanced and harmonious wine.
  - Colour: Intense ruby red
  - Scent: Notes of blackberries and cherries with aromas of chocolate and hints of herbs
  - Taste: Round and full, fresh with sweet tannins