Gualdo del Re is an estate in Suvereto on the Tuscan coast (see Costa degli Etruschi). Wines are made under the the Val di Cornia DOC.

Owner: Owner Nico Rossi and his wife Maria Teresa Cabella (+39 347.3771427).

Background: Under the Lombards, the Val di Cornia was ruled by the Dukes of Lucca and was part of the Waldo or Gualdo del Re mentioned by Pope Gregory VII in the document defining the boundaries of the diocese of Massa Marittima. The word Gualdo, which derives from the German term Wald, is used to refer to a stretch of wooded land, and was later used to indicate a special area reserved exclusively for the use of the owner. As Falchi states, “In fact, the Gualdo del Re in the Val di Cornia was a vast area which featured the most beautiful and attractive aspects of Maremma.”

Staff: Barbara Tamburini has consulted here.

Vineyards: 2005 18 ha of land of which 7ha of vines (guyot and cordon). Clay limestone. 100 metres. | 2013 20ha.

White wines

Val di Cornia Bianco DOC, Eliseo Bianco: 2003 65% Trebbiano, 25% Vermentino, 10% Malvasia Bianca. | 2013 In 2013 the website showed this wine (if not necessarily this vintage) to be a Toscana Bianco blend of 50% each Vermentino and Pinot Bianco.

Toscana Bianco IGT, Valentina: 2003 Vermentino. 8,500 bottles. 2013 In 2013 the website showed this wine (if not necessarily this vintage) to be a Val di Cornia Vermentino.

Toscana Bianco IGT, Striale: 2002 Toscana Bianco. Pinot Bianco. / 2013 In 2013 the website showed this wine (if not necessarily this vintage) to be a Toscana Bianco made from 100% Pinot Bianco.

Pink wines

Toscana Rosato IGT, Eliseo: 2013 In 2013 the website showed this wine (if not necessarily this vintage) to be a Val di Cornia Rosato blend of 50% each Merlot and Sangiovese.

Red wines

Toscana Rosso IGT, Senzansia: 2013 In 2013 the website showed this wine (if not necessarily this vintage) to be made from 100% Pinot Nero.

Toscana Rosso IGT, Cabraia: 2013 In 2013 the website said this wine (if not necessarily this vintage) was a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.

Val di Cornia Rosso DOC, Eliseo Rosso: 2001 Bottled. | 2003 80% Sangiovese, 20% Canaiolo. 25,000 bottles. | 2013 In 2013 the website showed this wine (if not necessarily this vintage) to be a Val di Cornia Rosso blend of 60% Sangiovese and 20% each Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Val di Cornia Rosso DOC, Federico Primo: 2002 Val di Cornia Suvereto Rosso Cabernet Sauvignon. 6,000 bottles. | 2013 In 2013 the website showed this wine (if not necessarily this vintage) to be a Val di Cornia Suvereto Cabernet Sauvignon made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon.

Val di Cornia DOC Rosso, Gualdo del Re: 2001 Val di Cornia Suvereto Rosso 100% Sangiovese. 10,000 bottles. | 2009 Toscana Rosso, Federico Primo 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. £15-29.99. First bottle TCA, second bottle: Porty blackcurrants and smoky oak, dense blackcurrant crowd-pleaser, catch it young one could argue (No medal, DWWA 30th April 2013). | 2011 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. | 2013 In 2013 the website showed this wine (if not necessarily this vintage) to be a Val di Cornia Suvereto Rosso made from 100% Sangiovese.

Val di Cornia DOC Rosso I’Rennero Merlot: 2002 Merlot. 6,000 bottles. | 2009 100% Merlot. £30-59.99. Smells of paint stripper, new oak drying this and fizzy too, with a second bottle showing sticky jammy fruit, oak and fizz (No medal DWWA 2013). | 2013 In 2013 the website showed this wine (if not necessarily this vintage) to be a Val di Cornia Suvereto Merlot made from 100% Merlot.

Val di Cornia DOC Rosso Riserva Gualdo del Re: 1999 Bottled.

Sweet Red wines

Amansio: 2003 100% Aleatico. Passito. Lightish sweetness and weight of fruit; clinical perhaps but decent wine; not too sweet and plenty of crispness, but a bit medicinal at the Bolgheri wine route office 22 Feb 2005. | 2013 In 2013 the website said this wine (if not necessarily this vintage) was a 100% Aleatico Passito labelled as Val di Cornia Rosso Aleatico Passito.

Contact

Gualdo del Re

Loc. Notri, 77

I-57028 Suvereto (LI = Livorno), Italy

Tel +39 0565.829888 | www.gualdodelre.it