Località San Gusmè is a locality (‘frazione’) in Castelnuovo Berardenga commune in the Chianti Classico DOCG region of Tuscany. It lies at an altitude of 461 metres (1,512 feet).

Terroir: ‘Stratiform sands and marine deposits are said to account for the heightened bouquets of Chianti [Classico wines] from around San Gusmè to the east and Vagliagli to the west,’ (Burton Anderson: 1990, p.207).

Wineries

No certification: Tenuta di Arceno.

Bibliography

Burton Anderson, The Wine Atlas of Italy (Mitchell Beazley, London, 1990).