"The palate is lifted and bright, the finish is polished and long, and the wine skips over any heaviness on the mid-palate. The bouquet is especially intriguing with a very lively plummy fruit element that is enhanced by baker's chocolate, pepper spice, iron ore, caramel and pie crust. There is also a green character that adds positively to the bouquet with aniseed, tea leaf, soya, menthol rub and black olive. The fruit maturity is spot-on with no elements that feel over or underripe.Blend: 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc." Notes from the Winemaker
Tenuta San Guido, Sassicaia 2019
Vintage
2019
Varietal
Bordeaux Red Blend (85% Cabernet Sauvignon/15% Cabernet Franc)
Appellation
Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy
Wine Profile
"Sassicaia 2019 spent 25 months in oak (one-third new). ‘We are going longer in oak in the past few years,’ said Carlo Paoli, managing director of Tenuta San Guido. Quite pale in the glass, the nose is extremely graceful and intense with a lavender note enhanced by restrained bramble fruits, fermented citrus peel, an intense violet aroma and graphite minerality in depth. The attack is soft and full, the flavor savoury and cedary through to the finish, with integrated velvety tannins and lifted acidity. A perfectly woven structure is bound with signature freshness and fruit vibrancy, making this one for the long haul." Decanter
Ratings
100 Points!! - Decanter
99 Points - Wine Enthusiast
99 Points - James Suckling