| Type | Red wine |
|---|---|
| Region | |
| Grapes | |
| Producer | |
| Allergens | Contains sulfites |
| Alcohol contenti | 14.0% |
Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia
201998
PARKER
99
SUCKLING
Spec sheet
The wine
Drinking and storing
Serve between 16ºC and 18ºC
Ratings and awards
| 2021 | 100 PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 98 PK | 99 SK | ||
| 2018 | 97+ PK | 97 SK | ||
| 2017 | 94 PK | 96 SK | 3 GR | |
| 2016 | 100 PK | 3 GR | 4 VA | |
| 2015 | 97 PK |
PK: ParkerSK: SucklingGR: Gambero
rossoVA: Viti
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Winemaking
Since 1968, its first year of production, Sassicaia has embodied the quintessential concept of "elegance" in Tuscany and the world. Sassicaia is the first of the Super Tuscans, the first of Bolgheri, and this primacy does not appear to be in question even in the less favourable vintages, which Tenuta San Guido challenges by extracting an exemplary red vintage after vintage, with a constancy worthy of the great chateau. A warm but regular vintage, 2017 put to the test the aristocratic cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc plants that inhabit the only legally recognised Italian monopole. But the rains at the end of August and the more pronounced day/night temperature differences towards the harvesting period gave the grapes, which were already perfectly ripe, greater volume and aromatic complexity. One vintage, the 2017 vintage of Bolgheri and Sassicaia in particular, which today represents an excellent investment to enjoy a ductile and multifaceted red wine, ready to be enjoyed immediately or later when the refinement will fill you with of surprises.
The winery
Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido is named after Saint Guido della Gherardesca, a hermit who lived in the vicinity of the winery in the 11th Century. It lies between Livorno and Grosseto, close to the Etruscan coast, in the Maremma region about which the Nobel Prize-winner and poet, Giosuè Carducci, wrote so many verses. This is where, in the 13-kilometre stretch which extends from the hills to the sea, one of the most highly esteemed wines in the world is produced: the Sassicaia. In the...
