Tenuta San Guido - Bolgheri DOC - Sassicaia - Rouge - 2020

Wine:

The 2020 red Bolgheri Sassicaia marks a new achievement in a voluptuous style that will delight fans of opulent and noble wines. A precise reflection of coastal Tuscany, this wine captures the area's magnificent light, translating it into a powerful energy, with warm notes of dark fruits and spices, perfectly balanced by freshness, rich structure, and beautifully intricate tannins. True to Sassicaia's style, this 2020 vintage showcases finesse and intensity with conviction, poised to become legendary. Although still young, it will require a few years of patience to fully appreciate. Likely one of the most enjoyable vintages in its youth, it also promises great aging potential. Rated 96/100 by Parker.

Vinification:

Hand harvested. Delicate destemming to protect the berries and then delicate pressing. Vinification in thermo-regulated stainless steel vats. Aged in French and American oak barrels for 20 to 25 months.

Color:

Intense ruby red, brilliant.

Nose:

Intensely perfumed with beautiful aromas of red fruits, black cherries, underlined by fine spicy notes and a slight vegetal touch. A complex aromatic profile on this wonderful nectar.

Palate:

Rich and incredibly fine, this densely textured wine has a powerful juice, balanced by its innate freshness expressing the perfect maturity of the Cabernets. A wine that promises to have the highest potential.

Temperature:

Serve at 16 to 18°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Tournedos Rossini, sautéed beef with black pepper, roasted lamb shoulder with wild thyme.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2050 and more for enthusiasts

A cornerstone of the "Super Tuscan" movement, Tenuta San Guido is better known by the name of one of its cuvées, Sassicaia, which has forever changed the narrative of Italian wines. Ranking alongside Ornellaia, Solaia, and Ca'Marcanda, it now sits at the pinnacle of the global wine hierarchy.

The estate's owner, Nicolo Incisa della Rocchetta, a passionate Bordeaux lover, achieved the unthinkable in the early 1970s: he proved to the world that he could match the greatest Médocs. The first vintage to hit the market, 1968, thus began a lineage of dazzling cuvées dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, diverging from the prevailing wine styles of the time; and thus, a legend was born!