Lot 588
TENUTA SAN GUIDO SASSICAIA 2018 (1) WA 97+
TENUTA SAN GUIDO SASSICAIA 2019 (1) WS 98 WA 98 JS 100 VM 94+
Lot 588 Details
TENUTA SAN GUIDO SASSICAIA 2018 (1)
Tuscany.
u. bn.
This is a classic vintage of an Italian icon now celebrating its 50th vintage. The Tenuta San Guido 2018 Bolgheri Sassicaia lays out a familiar blueprint that borrows from the proven track record of this landmark estate that extends into the hills just beyond the Tyrrhenian shores of Tuscany. This vintage is crystalline and pure in its delivery, and if you are familiar with previous editions, it is impossible to mistake this wine for anything but Sassicaia. January 2021 Drink to 2045 WA 97+
TENUTA SAN GUIDO SASSICAIA 2019 (1)
Tuscany.
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. January 2022 Drink to 2055 WS 98 WA 98 JS 100 VM 94+