Goodbye to Giacomo Tachis, father of the Super Tuscan
A “umile mescolavino”, that is hard to translate, but it sounds more and less as “a humble man that who blends the wine”, this is how Giacomo Tachis liked to define himself, the king of the winemakers.
Born in Poirino, near Turin, he has worked for large wineries in Sardinia and Sicily, but especially in Tuscany, which has become his second home. Giacomo Tachis study at the School of Enology in Alba, Cuneo Thanks to its innovations and revolutions in the world of wine, Tachis is considered one of the greatest contemporary winemakers.
Father and inventor of some of the most important labels such as Sassicaia and Tignanello, gave life to Super Tuscan, with brilliant intuition to unite for the first time the Sangiovese and Cabernet.
Thus, they are born the Super Tuscan, famous throughout the world.
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Giacomo Tachis died at age 82 in San Casciano Val di Pesa, in the province of Florence.
Ill for some years, he retired in 2010 and in the interview released to make the announcement, he said “respect nature and the simplicity of the wine” and that “The wine has had and will always have a market”.
A great man who also inspired Tenuta Torciano, in fact among the wines of the winery remember the Super Tuscan Terrestre with a secret blend of wines, Baldassarre with Merlot, Cavaliere with Syrah and Bartolomeo with Cabernet.
Is there a better way to honor his life of great winemaker, who has revolutionized the wine world, if not uncorking a Super Tuscan, and make a toast to the king of the oenologists and greet him like that for the last trip?
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Luciana Cilemmi
Luciana Cilemmi, deals with Magazine, Style Director and Co-founder of Tenuta Torciano winery and Tenute Giachi wines and the innovative Viviarium Restaurant of Bottega Torciano- Tenuta Torciano & Winery is part of an international reality that is born in Italy by an initiative of Pierluigi Giachi and Luciana Cilemmi, who have worked for years in the Italian wine market , expanding throughout in the United States, managed and controlled by the american company ' Bellavini winery. Luciana Cilemmi was born in San Gimignano to a family of artists specialised in the restoration of medieval buildings. Having completed her technical studies, she now pursues the interests passed on to her by her family, like her passion for artistic objects, in particular works of art created in Tuscany between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. But she reserves her keenest enthusiasm for the historic works completed in San Gimignano between 1100 and 1300. Alongside her love of medieval history, she is fascinated in wines produced from Tuscan vineyards, which, together with saffron and wool, were the most sought-after goods traded by the wealthy noble families of San Gimignano already in medieval times. Luciana Cilemmi left San Gimignano at the age of 21 and embarked on a pilgrimage in search of knowledge and to discover the new winemaking skills and products that were then developing both in Italy and in France. In the meantime she added to her knowledge of wine by attending specialised courses and becoming a master of wine. On returning to Siena, she discovered a wonderful area near Murlo where she fell in love with the tiny, unspoilt village of Montepescini. She bought the estate of Montepescini where, based on the experience she had acquired over the years, she found a particular lie of the land, special climatic conditions and an altitude suited to the creation of great wines. With enormous enthusiasm, doggedness and considerable effort, a reclamation programme was started to renew the terrain which was then used to plant 30 hectares of specialised vines. Sangiovese is the dominant vine, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. Years of experimentation and the introduction of new winemaking techniques eventually led to the creation of Luciana di Memmi’s prestigious wines. Some years ago, Luciana Cilemmi succeeded in realising her dream of a lifetime: to return to her home town, San Gimignano. She was destined to buy the historic palace with the medieval tower, which had been owned by the prestigious Useppi family from 1200 to 1927 and had then passed to the noble and historic Chigi family of Siena. The Useppi were a powerful Sienese family who owned several castles. This beautiful medieval building has an elegant and distinctive façade full of Sienese and Pisan architectural influences. If you find yourself in San Gimignano, make sure you visit the Chigi Tower and Palace. Luciana Cilemmi holds regular events in the rooms of the medieval tower, such as the presentation of wines, both from her vineyards and elsewhere, attended by international journalists, experts from the sector and critics. She also organises exhibitions of works of art and paintings, and press conferences on the subject of "Wine in San Gimignano during medieval times”. Visiting the home of Luciana Cilemmi is like re-living an aspect of the past that will not return except through the imagination of those who have believed and continue to believe in this story.
