Tenuta Campo di Sasso winery
Lodovico Antinori is one of the founders of the meteoric rise of Bolgheri wines in the Maremma. Already in the 1980s, he recognized the potential of this region on the hills along the coast of Tuscany at the Tyrrhenian Sea. Lodovico and his team quickly realized that the geological composition of the soils in Bellaria was different, hilly and stony, clayey and calcareous, with large pebbles. Together with the landowner Umberto Mannoni they founded the Tenuta di Biserno. In 2003, the 'Insoglio del Cinghiale' was born. The vineyards were planted between 2001 and 2005. The Tenuta di Biserno is a property in an incredibly beautiful location, in the Alta Maremma, on a hill on the road from Bolgheri to Bibbona. The soil consists of the so-called Bolgheri conglomerate - a mixture of mineral-rich alluvial soil, shell limestone and pebbles that provide drainage. Rather atypical for Bolgheri are the high proportions of lime and clay. Given the terroir and the variety of soils, Lodovico planted exclusively Bordeaux grape varieties, mainly Cabernet Franc, followed by Merlot, some Cabernet Sauvignon and surprisingly much Petit Verdot. The soil is very varied in different locations. In the midst of the Biserno hills lie 6 hectares of 'spectacular terroir' from which the top wine 'Lodovico' comes. The vineyards were planted with 6,500 vines per hectare in cordon education. Between the rows, greened with grass to limit the natural growth of the young vines.