MICHELE SATTA

The Michele Satta Sector is found in Castagneto Carducci, Livorno. It was born in 1984, after a difficult period, tied to precarious affairs. In 1988 the first part of the sector, with the acquisition of the best terrain is constituted. In 1991 Michele Satta plants the first vines of 2,5 ha. In 1997 he attained 7ha, and followed on to complete the program of acquisition until the dimension became 22 ha in property. The vineyard surface is 20 ha out of 30 ha, D.O.C. Bolgheri.

The name Castagneto appeared for the first time with the foundation of the Monastery of S. Peter in Palazzolo in Monteverdi (754). It originates from castaneum, which is linked to the cultivation of the soil; while Monteverdi comes from Monteviride, Suvereto from suber (cork oak), Sassetta from saxum (rock), Segalari from secale (rye).

The Vigna al Cavaliere is in the adjoining area, on the northern edge of Michele Satta's estate, along the road that for centuries has led down from Castagneto towards Pievi. The cavaliere to which the name refers was Angiolo Bottai, from Castagneto a light cavalryman of the Grand Duchy, which owned this part of the coast at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The area was also described as Chiusa del Cavaliere.

The name Bolgheri first appeared in 1156, when a part of Lavaiano was sold to the Refectory of Pisa, and developed into a fine castle. Even though their world wide reputation is recent, there is much evidence of the longstanding quality of the wines of Bolgheri. The destruction of the old castle of Bolgheri in 1496 is almost certainly associated with its wine, which made its assailants wildly inebriated, in a way that did not happen with other castles between Leghorn and Bolgheri, which were regularly attacked.