The vineyards:
Tenuta Campo di Sasso is located in the western reaches of Tuscany’s Alta Maremma, in Bibbona. It borders its southern neighbor, the Bolgheri region, andis roughly 6.5 kilometers (four miles) east of the Mediterranean’s Tyrrhenian Sea. Given its proximity to Bolgheri, it’s not surprising that when Lodovico firstcame to the estate, he was struck by the similarity in terroir compared to that of Tenuta dell’Ornellaia in Bolgheri. However, Tenuta Campo di Sasso has far more hillside slopes and a great many stones in the vineyards.
The Tenuta Campo di Sasso estate is comprised of approximately 60 hectares (150 acres) divided into three vineyards planted to Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Syrah. The entire area is heavily influenced byits proximity to the coast, but the varieties selected for each of the 30 parcels that make up the planted sites were carefully selected based on slope, soil composition, exposure and the influence of sea breezes.