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The Best Wineries in Bolgheri

Wineries and wine estates with Bolgheri as their listed appellation are the focus of this list of 49 venues in Italy, including Aia Vecchia, Argentiera and Azienda Agricola Ceralti. Many work with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Several estates are in Castagneto Carducci, Bolgheri and Donoratico.

We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order. Each shows the venue's town or city, a short description and awards from independent sources, with a link to its full guide page.

How this list is chosen: Every estate here lists Bolgheri as its appellation. When more qualify than the list can hold, En Primeur Club chooses among them by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order.

  • Aia Vecchia

    Bolgheri, Italy

    Aia Vecchia is a family-run Bolgheri estate shaped by coastal light, Bordeaux varieties and a rural Tuscan setting between vineyard country and the Tyrrhenian influence. The draw is not trophy-hunting but a grounded reading of Bolgheri DOC through Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Vermentino and Viognier, with small-lot production and an appointment-only visit format.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Argentiera

    Donoratico, Italy

    Argentiera gives Bolgheri’s coastal red-wine identity a high-altitude reading: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Syrah grown on a large estate above Donoratico, with sea air, mineral soils and Mediterranean scrub shaping the frame. The visit is less about cellar theatrics than terroir literacy, especially for travelers who want the Tuscan coast to explain itself through Bordeaux varieties.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Azienda Agricola Ceralti

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Azienda Agricola Ceralti is a small, family-run winery and agriturismo in Castagneto Carducci, shaped by Bolgheri DOC reds, Vermentino, organic farming and a countryside setting close to the coast. Its interest lies less in spectacle than in scale: hand-picked fruit, 9 hectares of vines, olive oil production and a quiet tasting-room format rooted in local agriculture.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Azienda Agricola Fabio Motta

    Livorno, Italy

    Azienda Agricola Fabio Motta is a small Bolgheri DOC producer near Livorno, framed by coastal Tuscany’s Mediterranean light, ventilation, and clay-sandy soils. Founded in 2009, it works with estate-grown Merlot, Syrah, Sangiovese and Vermentino, using sustainable farming and a restrained cellar approach to keep the emphasis on Bolgheri’s maritime character rather than cellar polish.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Azienda Agricola Fornacelle

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    A small family-run Bolgheri estate in Castagneto Carducci, Azienda Agricola Fornacelle reads through land before scale: coastal light, vineyard proximity, and a cellar culture tied to four generations of farming. Its 15-hectare holding, with 9 hectares under vine, places the visit in the quieter, agricultural register of Tuscan wine rather than the grand-estate circuit.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Azienda Agricola I Luoghi

    Castagnetto Carducci, Italy

    A small Bolgheri DOC estate in Castagnetto Carducci, Azienda Agricola I Luoghi is built around Cabernet-led reds, estate-grown fruit and a countryside tasting format among vineyards and olive groves. The draw is not spectacle but scale: roughly 4–5 hectares of vines, limited production around 14,000 bottles, and guided visits that keep the focus on land, climate and cellar choices.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Azienda Agricola Le Grascete

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    A small Bolgheri estate in Castagneto Carducci, Azienda Agricola Le Grascete is strongest when read through its land: coastal influence, mixed soils, and a red-wine tradition built around Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Sangiovese. Founded in 2000 by agronomist Paolo Valagussa, it sits in the quieter natural-leaning side of the appellation, with vineyard visits and estate tastings shaped by farmhouse scale rather than cellar-door spectacle.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Azienda Agricola Serni Fulvio Luigi

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Azienda Agricola Serni Fulvio Luigi is a small family-run farm and winery in Castagneto Carducci, working within Bolgheri DOC while keeping an agricultural identity that includes olive oil, fruit trees, grain and barley. The experience is informal and educational, with vineyard-focused tastings, food pairings and a quiet rural setting rather than luxury-winery theatre.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Azienda Vitivinicola Ferrari Iris e Filgi

    Cecina, Italy

    A rural Cecina winery with roots in family farming since 1976, Ferrari Iris e Figli belongs to the quieter side of coastal Tuscan wine: estate fruit, DOC labels, Bordeaux varieties beside Sangiovese and Vermentino, and cellar work built around stainless steel, barriques and oak casks. Its interest lies in the meeting point between Bolgheri influence and the older viticultural ground of Cecina, Bibbona and Montescudaio.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Batzella

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Batzella is a small Bolgheri estate in Castagneto Carducci where the draw is not spectacle but scale: vineyard, cellar, conversation, and a portfolio built around Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Viognier, and Vermentino. The estate’s coastal plain setting, about 5 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, gives the visit a clear terroir argument rather than a generic Tuscan tasting-room feel.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Bell'Aja

    Castelnuovo Berardegna, Italy

    Bell'Aja is a small San Felice Bolgheri estate shaped by coastal air, clay-sandy soils and a natural amphitheatre above the Tyrrhenian Sea. The draw is not breadth but focus: estate-grown Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Vermentino in a calm vineyard setting where place, breeze and proportion matter more than spectacle.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Ca' Marcanda

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Ca' Marcanda is the Gaja family's Bolgheri DOC estate in Castagneto Carducci, opened in 1996 and shaped around Cabernet-based coastal Tuscan wines. Its interest is terroir rather than rustic romance: mixed Terre Brune and Terre Bianche soils, maritime influence, estate-grown fruit, and a polished modern format built for serious wine drinkers.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Caccia Al Piano

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Caccia Al Piano gives Bolgheri a polished but grounded tasting format: vineyard, olive grove, former hunting estate, and contemporary cellar in one controlled visit. The interest is terroir rather than spectacle, with organic viticulture, four crus, Bordeaux-variety reds, Vermentino, Sauvignon Blanc, and a small-capacity guided style that suits visitors who want context with the glass.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Campo alla Sughera

    Bolgheri, Italy

    Campo alla Sughera reads Bolgheri through soil, sea air, and parcel work rather than cellar spectacle. The estate, founded in 1998, focuses on Bordeaux varieties and Vermentino across a tightly managed vineyard mosaic, with guided tastings that frame the wines through micro-parcels, coastal influence, and the modern Bolgheri idiom.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Campo alle Comete

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Campo alle Comete brings a contemporary Bolgheri lens to Castagneto Carducci: Bordeaux varieties, Mediterranean influence, sandy soils, and an early-1900s villa setting recast with artistic labels and design-led hospitality. The appeal is not old Tuscan nostalgia, but a younger estate using serious vineyard choices and a theatrical visual identity to explain place.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Castello di Bolgheri

    Bolgheri, Italy

    Castello di Bolgheri is a historic winery in Bolgheri, set around an 18th-century cellar within the medieval hamlet and estate vineyards along the Viale dei Cipressi. The draw is terroir as much as architecture: Bolgheri DOC reds shaped by coastal influence, estate fruit, and a cellar culture that links noble landholding with modern Tuscan Cabernet-led winemaking.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Chiappini

    Bolgheri, Italy

    Chiappini is a small organic estate in Bolgheri, built around Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Sangiovese from 11 hectares of family-farmed vines. The draw is not scale or spectacle, but a quiet vineyard-and-cellar format that reads the coastal DOC through still red wines, olive groves and a slower rural cadence.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Cipriana

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Cipriana is a small Bolgheri DOC winery and agriturismo in Castagneto Carducci, rooted in the coastal Maremma pattern of Cabernet-led reds, Vermentino, olive groves, and farmhouse hospitality. Its appeal is terroir rather than spectacle: roughly 8 hectares of vines, concrete fermentation, barrique ageing, and a setting that keeps wine production and rural lodging in the same frame.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Donna Olimpia 1898

    Bolgheri, Italy

    Donna Olimpia 1898 is a historic Bolgheri estate with 60 hectares of land and 45 hectares under vine, focused on Bordeaux varieties and Vermentino. Its appeal lies in the way Bolgheri’s coastal climate, mixed soils, and disciplined cellar work translate into structured reds and still whites, with estate tastings and vineyard tours by appointment.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Donne Fittipaldi

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Donne Fittipaldi brings a contemporary, female-led reading of Bolgheri DOC from Castagneto Carducci, with estate-grown Bordeaux varieties, Malbec, Orpicchio and amphora-aged Cabernet Franc in the frame. The appeal is terroir rather than spectacle: coastal Tuscan brightness, structured reds, a rare white grape, and a small-estate rhythm suited to visitors who want wine education with a clear sense of place.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Fattoria Casa di Terra

    Bolgheri, Italy

    Fattoria Casa di Terra gives Bolgheri’s coastal Cabernet tradition a grounded, family-run reading: vineyard-first, cellar-led, and relaxed rather than ceremonial. The estate dates to 1950 and works within Bolgheri DOC and IGT Toscana, with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Syrah, and Vermentino shaping a portfolio built around maritime Tuscan structure.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Grattamacco

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Grattamacco is a hilltop Bolgheri estate in Castagneto Carducci with a serious claim on the appellation’s modern origin story. Founded in 1977, it works 34 hectares of vines within an 80-hectare property, with Sangiovese and Vermentino kept in dialogue with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • I Greppi

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    I Greppi belongs to Bolgheri’s coastal red-wine idiom: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc grown on low sandy soils near Castagneto Carducci. The estate’s appeal is terroir first, with a compact portfolio led by Greppiccante and Greppicaia and a quiet rural setting suited to focused tasting rather than casual throughput.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • La Madonnina

    Bolgheri, Italy

    La Madonnina is a small Bolgheri wine estate where the Tuscan coastal story is told through red wines, cultivated farmland and a private countryside setting. Its identity rests on Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot, with Riccardo Cotarella named as winemaker and production kept to roughly 24,000 bottles a year.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • LasorgivA

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    LasorgivA is a small Bolgheri-focused wine project in Castagneto Carducci, built around Vermentino and Bordeaux-influenced reds rather than a broad cellar catalogue. Its interest lies in the concise portfolio: OrtA, PhoneiX, VoltorA and LaourY trace the coastal white, Rosso DOC, Toscana IGT and Bolgheri Superiore registers of the territory.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Le Macchiole

    Bolgheri, Italy

    Le Macchiole sits along the Bolgherese road in one of Tuscany's most closely watched wine corridors. The estate works within a coastal terroir shaped by Tyrrhenian breezes and iron-rich soils, producing single-variety reds that sit at the serious end of Bolgheri's output. It belongs in the same conversation as the appellation's most celebrated addresses.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Le Vigne di Silvia

    Bolgheri, Italy

    Le Vigne di Silvia is a small Bolgheri winery shaped around organic farming, intimate tastings and a compact three-wine portfolio. The draw is the way coastal Tuscany reads through Vermentino, Bolgheri Rosso and Cabernet Franc, with a 92-point Falstaff note for Giochessa adding a useful quality signal.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Masseto

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Masseto belongs to the Tuscan coast's small, high-pressure circle of benchmark estates, where clay, sea air, and Merlot sit at the centre of the argument. In Castagneto Carducci, its reputation is less about broad regional variety than about a single-site idea pursued with unusual discipline beside Ornellaia.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Michele Satta

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Michele Satta is a family-run Bolgheri DOC estate in Castagneto Carducci, founded in 1983 and rooted in estate-grown fruit from roughly 23–25 hectares. The draw is terroir expression rather than spectacle: Sangiovese, Bordeaux varieties, Teroldego and Vermentino are used to frame coastal Tuscany through reds, whites, rosé, sparkling wine and pét-nat.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Orma

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Orma is a small Bolgheri estate in Castagneto Carducci, focused on Bordeaux-style reds shaped by coastal Tuscan conditions. Its narrow portfolio, led by Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, suits drinkers interested in terroir expression rather than broad cellar tourism.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Ornellaia

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Ornellaia places Castagneto Carducci inside the international conversation on Bolgheri, where coastal Tuscany speaks through Bordeaux varieties rather than the region's older Sangiovese grammar. The visit is less about rustic cellar romance than about reading a modern Tuscan estate through site, structure, and comparison with names such as Masseto, Tenuta San Guido, and Le Macchiole.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • PietraNova

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    PietraNova reads as a Bolgheri estate where the vineyard, olive grove and 1698 farmhouse carry as much weight as the bottle. The draw is terroir-led rather than spectacle-led: Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon from a compact 15-hectare holding, Bolgheri DOC and Bolgheri Superiore labels, and a hospitality rhythm shaped by farm, cellar and coastal Tuscan light.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Podere 7 Sette

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Podere 7 Sette is a small Bolgheri DOC estate in Castagneto Carducci, built around organic farming, Bordeaux varieties, and a label concept tied to the seven deadly sins. The draw is not scale or spectacle, but a compact portfolio that reads the coastal Tuscan setting through Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Vermentino, and rosato.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Podere Conca

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Podere Conca reads Bolgheri through a smaller, fresher lens: organic farming, coastal influence, and a compact range built around Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Ciliegiolo, and aromatic white varieties. The setting is a restored 19th-century stone farmhouse in Castagneto Carducci, with vineyard and cellar visits that frame the wines through soil, sea breeze, and restrained cellar work.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Podere Greppi Cupi

    Donoratico, Italy

    Podere Greppi Cupi is a small Bolgheri DOC wine estate in Donoratico, shaped by coastal Tuscany’s mix of vineyard land, lakeside microclimate and quiet rural hospitality. The draw is not a trophy-label narrative, but a place-specific read on Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc in a still-red format, with guided estate tastings suited to visitors who want terrain and context rather than spectacle.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Podere Roseto

    Bolgheri, Italy

    Podere Roseto is a small family-run Bolgheri estate shaped by hillside vineyards, sea air, and a compact portfolio spanning Bolgheri Superiore, Rosso, rosé, Syrah, and Vermentino. Its character sits in the terroir-led side of the appellation: manual harvesting, new-barrel ageing, and rose-marked vineyard rows rather than architecture-led wine tourism.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Podere Sapaio

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Podere Sapaio is a focused Bolgheri estate in Castagneto Carducci, shaped around Cabernet-led red blends, organic farming, and a coastal vineyard setting less than 10 km from the sea. Its two-label portfolio, Volpolo and Sapaio, makes it a useful stop for travelers who want to understand modern Super Tuscan logic through land, appellation choices, and disciplined cellar work.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Poggio al Tesoro

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Poggio al Tesoro reads Bolgheri through maritime light, wind and Bordeaux-variety structure rather than through rustic Tuscan nostalgia. Founded in 2001 by Marilisa and Walter Allegrini, the Castagneto Carducci estate works organic, estate-grown fruit across red, white and rosato bottlings, with Sondraia and Dedicato a Walter carrying the critical weight of the range.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Tenuta Campo al Mare

    Greve in Chianti, Italy

    Tenuta Campo al Mare reads Bolgheri through a contemporary coastal lens: international red varieties, Vermentino from sandy seaside influence, and a parcel-by-parcel vineyard logic. The appeal is less about Tuscan nostalgia than about structure, freshness, and the modern identity of Bolgheri DOC within a broader Folonari estate portfolio.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Tenuta di Biserno

    Bolgheri, Italy

    Tenuta di Biserno is a Bolgheri estate operating at the upper tier of the Tuscan Maremma's premium red wine category. Set along the Via Bolgherese corridor that defines the appellation's most serious properties, it represents the restrained, Bordeaux-influenced winemaking tradition that has shaped Bolgheri's global reputation over the past four decades.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Tenuta Di Vaira

    Bolgheri, Italy

    Tenuta Di Vaira is a family-run Bolgheri DOC estate founded in 1950, working across vineyard plots and olive groves in the coastal Tuscan plain. The visit is strongest as a terroir-led tasting: vineyard context, cellar passage, panoramic room, and a portfolio that moves through Vermentino, Bordeaux varieties, grappa, and olive oil.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Tenuta Fratini

    Donoratico, Italy

    Tenuta Fratini is a modern Bolgheri DOC estate in Donoratico, founded in 2016 around Bordeaux-style red wines and precision vineyard work. Its identity rests on micro-parcel farming, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with a compact portfolio that includes Hortense, Harte and Clinio.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Tenuta Guado al Tasso

    Bolgheri, Italy

    Tenuta Guado al Tasso is Antinori's flagship Bolgheri estate, responsible for one of the Tuscan coast's most closely followed Cabernet-led blends since its first vintage in 1990.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Tenuta Le Colonne

    Donoratico, Italy

    Tenuta Le Colonne reads as Bolgheri seen from the shoreline rather than from the cypress-lined inland imagination of Tuscany. Its Donoratico vineyards, organic farming, sandy soils and Cabernet-led range place the estate in a maritime register, with Vermentino, rosato and structured reds all shaped around sea air, sun and restraint.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Tenuta Meraviglia

    Donoratico, Italy

    A contemporary Bolgheri DOC estate in Donoratico, Tenuta Meraviglia is defined by volcanic soils, Cabernet Franc, and a designer winery built inside a former quarry. The appeal is terroir-led rather than trophy-led: a focused portfolio, a sea-facing terrace, and a hospitality format built around guided tasting rather than casual cellar-door browsing.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Tenuta Sette Cieli

    Bibbona, Italy

    Tenuta Sette Cieli reads as a high-elevation Bolgheri-orbit estate rather than a conventional coastal cellar door. Its 10 hectares of vines sit within an 80-hectare property above Bibbona, with organic hand farming, Bordeaux varieties, wild-yeast fermentations, and French oak shaping a red-wine portfolio led by Indaco, Scipio, Noi 4, and Yantra.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Terre del Marchesato

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Terre del Marchesato reads Bolgheri through family ownership, coastal Tuscan terroir, and a monovarietal wine program rather than through spectacle. Founded in 1954 and set among vineyards in Castagneto Carducci, it suits travelers who want a guided estate visit with cellar context, structured tastings, and enough critical recognition to make the stop more than casual countryside drinking.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Tringali Casanuova -Pietranova

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    A historic Bolgheri DOC estate in Castagneto Carducci, Tringali Casanuova -Pietranova reads through maritime climate, farmhouse continuity, and a red-led Tuscan register rather than trophy-label theatrics. The setting combines working cellar spaces, olive groves, vineyards, and a glass-walled tasting hall, with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon anchoring its documented Casa al Piano PietraNova bottling.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Villanoviana

    Castagneto Carducci, Italy

    Villanoviana belongs to the Bolgheri side of Castagneto Carducci wine travel: vineyard-facing, cellar-led, and built around guided tastings rather than spectacle. The draw is the combination of organic vineyard walks, barrel-room context, and a portfolio that moves between Vermentino, Sangiovese, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon in a coastal Tuscan setting.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

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