Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia Doc 2019 Sassicaia [case of 6 bottles]
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Wine details
Size
0,75ltx6
Availability
1
Vintage
2019
Producer
Tenuta San Guido
Country
Italy
Region
Tuscany
About this wine
Sassicaia is the most renowned of the Super-Tuscan wines.
The 100ha of vineyard at Tenuta San Guido make up just a fraction of the 2,500ha estate, more than half of which is wild woodland.
The first vineyard, one hectare of Cabernet Sauvignon, was planted by Rocchetta’s Bordeaux-loving grandfather Mario Incisa in 1942 just under the great medieval fortress of Castiglioncello. The early vintages were too robust for Tuscans used to their native Sangiovese, so until 1967 they were drunk only within the family.
The wine’s subsequent history is the stuff of legend – how in the early 1970s the Marchese’s cousin Piero Antinori and his consultant Giacomo Tachis gave the wines polish and found them an international market. The 1985 was awarded 100 points by Robert Parker, and Sassicaia is now considered one of the world’s greatest Cabernet blends, adored for its freshness and longevity.
wa
98
The bouquet is up front and very expressive from the get-go. It offers a generous display of crunchy, dark cherry that hints at the extra concentration and fruit weight obtained in the 2019 growing season. This vintage will be remembered for the crisp richness of the fruit and its important textural imprint. It also shows fine elegance, bordering on the ethereal, with berry aromas, tarry earth and brushes of balsam herb or grilled rosemary. Sassicaia always shows an almost-glossy finely knit quality to the polished mouthfeel, and I find it again here next to fresh acidity and firm tannins. Mouthfeel in 2019 is the wine's strongest suit. The 2019 is one of the prettiest and most balanced editions of Sassicaia we've seen this past decade, along with the back-to-back duo of 2016 and 2015. The 2019 marries the precision of the 2016 with the rich fruit weight of the 2015.
ws
98
Supple and beautifully defined, with black cherry, black currant and blackberry fruit augmented by tobacco, iron and thyme. Firmly structured, tightening up as this lingers with an aftertaste of dark fruit, graphite and spice. Shows a sense of elegance as well as power and intensity. Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2024 through 2045.
vn
94
js
99
The purity of cabernet sauvignon fruit is exceptional here, with character and sensibility that’s reminiscent of some of the great Sassicaias from the 1980s, such as 1982 or 1988. But this is much more precise and clean. Aromas and flavors of currants and berries with cedar and earth. Sage and minty character, too. It’s full-bodied yet there’s so much polish and balance, together with structure, elegance, and refinement. Hard not to drink at this stage, yet give it time and respect. This will be a classic Sass and reminds me why I love this wine. Try after 2026.