Tasso Il Bruciato
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted red meats, wild boar ragu with pappardelle, and mature pecorino cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Born in the prestigious Bolgheri amphitheater at the historic Tenuta Guado al Tasso estate, "Il Bruciato" (meaning "the burnt") is a modern classic that pays homage to a fiery local legend. In the 18th century, angry local residents allegedly burned down a portion of the estate's forests in protest against the ruling Della Gherardesca family's strict land-use laws. Today, this Bolgheri DOC red is crafted primarily from a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah. The grapes are sourced from vineyards planted on alluvial soils rich in silt and clay. After a careful fermentation process, the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation in a combination of barriques and stainless steel before aging in French oak barriques for around 12 months. The result is a fragrant, intense, and harmonious Super Tuscan that beautifully reflects the warm maritime climate of the Tuscan coast.
🍾 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