Tenuta di Biserno

Two men, one passion: Marchese Lodovico Antinori and his brother Piero founded the Tenuta di Biserno in Tuscany more than 20 years ago.

Marchese Lodovico Antinori was actually looking for a piece of land to expand his world-famous Tenuta dell’Ornellaia. What he found was a terroir all of its own, much hillier and stonier than that of Ornellaia, similar to Saint-Émilion or Pomerol. So he answered the land’s beckoning call and founded a separate winery here: Tenuta di Biserno. The amazing thing is: he wasn’t doing this alone, but together with his brother Piero, from whom he had long been separated. A «historic turning point», as the two describe it themselves.

Since 2001, the brothers have been planting classic Bordeaux varieties on the 49 hectares of land overlooking the village of Bolgheri and the Tyrrhenian Sea. Each grapevine yields just one bottle of wine. And what a wine it is! The Biserno is soft and generous like Tuscany and at the same time noble and full of finesse like the French wines that inspired it. These are joined by wines such as the Insoglio del Cinghiale – the original with wild boar, often copied – or the Il Pino, which achieves an impressive quality score year after year.

The young generation’s turn

Niccolo Marzichi Lenzi, Lodovico Antinori’s nephew, has been in charge of the business since 2014, bringing his own personal touch.