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Bolgheri

A coastal DOC created in 1994 for Cabernet and Merlot, home of Sassicaia, Ornellaia and Masseto.

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The village of Bolgheri
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Bolgheri DOC has about 1,400 hectares; Sassicaia has its own DOC (Bolgheri Sassicaia) since 2013, the only single-estate DOC in Italy. Land rose from farmland values to reported figures of several hundred thousand euros per hectare within a generation.

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Economics in brief

Bolgheri DOC has about 1,400 hectares; Sassicaia has its own DOC (Bolgheri Sassicaia) since 2013, the only single-estate DOC in Italy. Land rose from farmland values to reported figures of several hundred thousand euros per hectare within a generation.

Key facts

Area
≈ 1,400 haConsorzio Bolgheri
DOC created
1994; Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC 2013

The numbers, for the curious

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InputLowMidHighUnitSource
New French oak barrique2025 8001,0501,300EUR/barrelCooperage price lists and trade report…
Chianti Classico DOCG grapes2023 222EUR/kgPrices of wine grapes recorded by the …
Vineyard labour and operations, top Bolgheri estate2024 12,00017,00022,000EUR/ha/yearEstate interviews reported in the trad…
Vineyard land, Bolgheri DOC2024 250,000425,000600,000EUR/haCREA / trade reporting on Bolgheri lan…
Vineyard land, Brunello di Montalcino2024 300,000450,000600,000EUR/haCREA / Consorzio and trade reporting
Vineyard land, Chianti Classico2024 80,000140,000200,000EUR/haCREA / trade reporting

Where the inputs come from

  1. Cooperage price lists and trade reporting (Wine Industry Network, Wines & Vines), 2024–2025
  2. Prices of wine grapes recorded by the chambers of commerce, 2023 harvest (BMTI analysis, April 2024)
  3. Estate interviews reported in the trade press
  4. CREA / trade reporting on Bolgheri land transactions
  5. CREA / Consorzio and trade reporting
  6. CREA / trade reporting

Producers

MassetoProducerMassetoSeven hectares of Merlot on a clay hill in Bolgheri, about 30,000 bottles, and Italy's answer to Pétrus.Bolgheri Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards in Tuscany, home of Sassicaia and OrnellaiaProducerOrnellaiaBolgheri's second great estate, founded in 1981 by Lodovico Antinori and owned by the Frescobaldi family…Tenuta San Guido, BolgheriProducerTenuta San Guido (Sassicaia)The estate that invented the super Tuscan: Sassicaia, first sold commercially from the 1968 vintage, now with…

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MassetoMasseto, Toscana IGTTuscanyBolgheri Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards in Tuscany, home of Sassicaia and OrnellaiaOrnellaia, Bolgheri SuperioreTuscanyTenuta San Guido, BolgheriTenuta San Guido, SassicaiaTuscany
The regionTuscanySangiovese country: Chianti, Brunello and the Super Tuscans.About the region

Sources

  1. Il territorio, Consorzio per la Tutela dei Vini Bolgheri, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
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