Superiore Guado Tasso Tenuta Belvedere
⏳ Drinking Window
2018 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-braised wild boar, roasted rack of lamb with rosemary, or aged Pecorino Toscano cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the prestigious Bolgheri amphitheater on the Tuscan coast, this flagship red from the historic Tenuta Belvedere—now globally renowned as Tenuta Guado al Tasso—embodies the noble heritage of the Antinori family. The estate's history dates back to the della Gherardesca family in the 17th century, but it was the marriage of Carlotta della Gherardesca to Niccolò Antinori that set the stage for its modern winemaking revolution. The wine is named after the 'badger's ford' (Guado al Tasso), where badgers are often seen crossing the estate's streams. Crafted from a classic blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc, the grapes thrive in alluvial soils cooled by gentle sea breezes from the nearby Tyrennhian Sea. Meticulously aged in French oak barriques, this Superiore bottling is celebrated for its deep complexity, seamless tannins, and expressive notes of dark berries, wild herbs, and sweet spices.
🍾 About the Producer
Marchesi Antinori is one of the world's most storied winemaking dynasties, tracing its commercial viticultural heritage to 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori matriculated into Florence's Arte dei Vinattieri. Spanning twenty-six generations, the family revolutionized modern Italian viticulture under Marchese Piero Antinori and legendary enologist Giacomo Tachis, catalyzing the Super Tuscan revolution with the pioneering release of Tignanello in 1971. Antinori commands an unrivaled tapestry of microclimates across Central Italy, encompassing the galestro and albarese marls of Chianti Classico at Tenuta Tignanello and Badia a Passignano, the maritime gravels of Bolgheri at Guado al Tasso, and the fossiliferous clay-limestone soils of Umbria at Castello della Sala. In the cellar, CEO and chief enologist Renzo Cotarella orchestrates a balance of precision, clonal selection, and judicious French oak barrique maturation. Antinori's benchmark wines—including the Sangiovese-driven Tignanello, the Cabernet-dominated Solaia, and the benchmark Umbrian Chardonnay blend Cervaro della Sala—stand as definitive monuments of Italian winemaking refinement.
🍇 Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Petit Verdot