New
75cl
Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia 2019
Vendor code : 1225
The 2019 vintage of Sassicaia stands out for its richness and concentration of flavor. This is largely due to the relatively stable temperature and humidity throughout the growing season. In contrast to the 2018 vintage, which experienced alternating periods of wet cold and extreme heat, the 2019 season was more harmonious and balanced from a climatic perspective. The 2019 Sassicaia also surpasses the 2018 vintage in terms of its cellar-aging potential, with a recommended drinking window from 2025 to 2055.
The 2019 Sassicaia is one of the most beautiful and balanced editions of the last decade, standing alongside the 2016 and 2015 vintages. This confident and expressive Tuscan red opens with aromas of dark berries, spices, leather, rosemary, balsamic herbs, and roasted coffee beans. The flavors unfold continuously from the glass, marked by bright intensity. The wine's palate is long and powerful, with a clear linearity in the tannin structure that perfectly complements the volume and depth of the fruit notes. While the 2019 Sassicaia will age and evolve beautifully, it can also be enjoyed in the medium term.
Sassicaia is the very first 'Super Tuscan,' a wine that revolutionized Italian winemaking. It all began in the 1940s when Marquis Mario Incisa della Rocchetta planted French grape varieties on his estate, aiming to craft wines similar to those from Bordeaux. The Bolgheri terroir on the Tuscan coast proved ideal for Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, which form the basis of Sassicaia’s blend. The wine quickly gained renown and continues to be highly regarded today. Each vintage is eagerly anticipated by collectors, earning high ratings and attention. Sassicaia is sold at the Place de Bordeaux, alongside the legendary Grand Cru wines of Médoc. The name 'Sassicaia' comes from the Italian words 'sasso' (stone) and 'caia' (earth), reflecting the stony soil of the Tenuta San Guido estate, which resembles the gravelly terroirs of Bordeaux. The label features the name 'Mario Incisa della Rocchetta,' whose ancestors were part of an ancient landowning family of the Holy Roman Empire, with the right to mint their coins. Tenuta San Guido is the birthplace of Sassicaia and the Super Tuscan phenomenon. In 1944, Marquis Mario planted the first Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc vines in Bolgheri. Later, oenologist Giacomo Tachis perfected the blend, typically 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc. Sassicaia is one of the most sought-after wines for collectors and investors, frequently sold at auctions. In 1994, it became the first wine in Italy to receive its own appellation, Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC. The estate also produces two other wines: Guidalberto and Le Difese.
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Vinous
The 2019 Sassicaia is restrained and also a bit reticent in its first impression. Rose petal, dried herbs, blood orange, mint, sweet pipe tobacco and cinnamon give the 2019 striking aromatic presence. The 2019 is a mid-weight, very classic feeling Sassicaia that is going to need a number of years to open. There's good fruit depth, but the tannins are not as polished as they usually are. That could be a result of lingering stress from frost that year or recent bottling. The 2019 saw 18-20 days on the skins with natural ferments. Malos followed in tank. Aging was 25 months in barrel (1/3rd new), a longer élevage than normal. The 2019 shows beautifully with a few hours of aeration, so I am optimistic for the future. Let’s see what happens.
Wine Advocate
The latest release from Tenuta San Guido is the 2019 Bolgheri Sassicaia. 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.
Decanter
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.
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