Bolgheri & Etruscan Coast includes the appellations Bolgheri, Bolgheri Sassicaia, Val di Cornia, Val di Cornia Rosso, Suvereto, Terratico di Bibbona and Montescudaio. In Bolgheri, soils include sandy clay loam, deep alkaline ground, fine gravel and fossil shells. Around 27 soil types have been identified. Modern plantings include Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Syrah and Sangiovese.
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Producers in Bolgheri & Etruscan Coast
Producer profiles
- Azienda Agricola BrancatelliA Tuscan red estate planted organically to Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Syrah and Petit Verdot.
- Ca' MarcandaAngelo Gaja's Bolgheri estate, built from 80 hectares of Tuscan coastal clay after two years of negotiations, producing Camarcanda: a Cabernet Sauvignon-forward red reformulated in 2019.
- Campo alle CometeCampo alle Comete makes coastal Maremma reds, from Stupore, a blend led by Merlot, to Oltresogno, made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Gualdo del ReEstate-bottled Merlot from Suvereto's hilltop vineyards, shaped by Val di Cornia iron-rich soils and sea air.
- Il PalagettoIl Palagetto is a Tuscan producer making approximately 350,000 bottles annually, with documented Chianti hand-harvesting and a distinctive 2021 Vernaccia di San Gimignano.
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- Le MacchioleSingle-variety red specialist in Bolgheri; the estate that gave Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Syrah their own bottles when the region was still writing its blending rules.
- Michele SattaMichele Satta built one of Bolgheri's first estates before the DOC existed and spent four decades broadening what the denomination could contain, bringing Syrah, Teroldego, Viognier, and native Sangiovese to a zone shaped by Bordeaux varieties.
- MontepelosoA Maremma estate near Suvereto where historian Fabio Chiarelotto has spent more than two decades producing low-extraction reds from Montepulciano, Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon within the Val di Cornia DOCG.
- OrnellaiaBolgheri coastal estate founded 1981, making Cabernet Sauvignon-led Bordeaux blends from dozens of individually farmed parcels between the village of Bolgheri and the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- Ornellaia e Masseto Società Agricola srlBolgheri estate owned by Marchesi Frescobaldi, with Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore and Le Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia.
- PetraA 300-hectare coastal estate in Suvereto where a Mario Botta winery cut into the hillside and a 2014 shift toward freshness changed what Maremma red wine could be.
- Podere MarcampoVolterra estate with a hand worked vineyard, Toscana IGT wines, and a Merlot red from Giusto alle Balze.
- Poggio al TesoroBolgheri estate founded by the Allegrini siblings in 2001, farming 64 hectares across four coastal plots to make Super Tuscan reds and Vermentino white within the Bolgheri DOC.
- Tenuta ArgentieraCoastal Bolgheri estate at the southern edge of the DOC, producing Merlot-led Bordeaux blends from five named hillside plots above the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- Tenuta ElmataNorwegian-founded Bibbona estate producing Sangiovese-led Toscana Rosso and coastal Sauvignon Blanc, certified organic from 2025.
- Tenuta Le ColonneOrganic Bolgheri estate on sandy coastal soils, making a Vermentino, a Merlot-led Bolgheri Rosso, a Cabernet Sauvignon-led IGT, and a Bolgheri Superiore.
- Tenuta San GuidoTenuta San Guido is the Bolgheri estate that planted Cabernet Sauvignon on the Tuscan coast in 1944, kept the wine private for more than two decades, and eventually earned Italy's only single-producer DOC for Sassicaia.
- Tua RitaCoastal Tuscan estate in Suvereto.