Tenuta San Guido, Sassicaia 2020

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Country Italy

Region Tuscany

Grape Variety 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc

Vintage 2020

ABV 14%

Experience the pinnacle of Italian winemaking with Sassicaia 2020, a masterpiece born from the unique terroir of Tuscany’s renowned Bolgheri region. Cultivated in meticulously varied soils, rich in limestone, marl, pebbles, and clay at elevations ranging from 100 to 400 meters above sea level, this wine captures the essence of West and South-West facing vineyards that contribute to its unparalleled elegance and complexity.

The 2020 vintage benefited from a distinctive weather pattern: a humid autumn with gentle rains, a brisk winter chill preserving the vines, and a temperate spring that encouraged robust vegetative growth. Careful agronomic management ensured balanced yields and optimal grape quality. The summer sun ripened the grapes ahead of schedule, producing richly concentrated fruit with extraordinary phenolic maturity and vibrant acidity.

Hand-harvested across early September, the grapes from younger Cabernet Franc and mature Cabernet Sauvignon vines ranging from lower altitude plots to the prestigious Vigna di Castiglioncello and Vigna del Quercione hilltops were delicately sorted and vinified with precision. Employing spontaneous fermentation without added yeasts and gentle pressing techniques, the process preserves the integrity and freshness of the fruit. Extended ageing over 25 months in a nuanced blend of 45% new French oak barriques and seasoned barrels enhances the wine’s layered structure, silky tannins, and aromatic complexity.

Sassicaia 2020 is a refined luxury red wine offering an exquisite balance of power and finesse ideal for collectors seeking an exceptional Super Tuscan vintage crafted with expert care and artisanal tradition.

Tasting Note
“The Tenuta San Guido 2020 Bolgheri Sassicaia speaks to those who seek a more voluptuous, opulent and, ultimately, more accessible wine. This vintage is a precise reflection of Coastal Tuscany, as opposed to a more generic "Tuscan" wine from elsewhere in this large central Italian region. You taste the ripeness and soft fruit weight that comes from a coastal appellation with especially bright luminosity and warm Mediterranean offshore breezes. Sassicaia from the cool vintages is a famously reticent or withholding wine in its earliest years, requiring a long lead time before it eases into an ideal drinking window. That's definitely not the case here. This wine is beautiful and compelling straight out of the gate, showing a lovely mix of dark fruit, oak spice, balanced freshness, textural richness, soft tannins and an expertly contained 14% alcohol content. The wine's immediate character is what distinguishes this vintage, and I wouldn't get too fussed by exaggerated cellar-ageing ambitions. The wine awards sheer pleasure in its current form, with dazzling primary fruit and soaring intensity over the near and medium term. Drink 2024-2042.”
96pts Monica Larner, Wine Advocate, January 2023

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Product Information

Country Italy

Region Tuscany

Grape Variety 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc

Vintage 2020

ABV 14%

Experience the pinnacle of Italian winemaking with Sassicaia 2020, a masterpiece born from the unique terroir of Tuscany’s renowned Bolgheri region. Cultivated in meticulously varied soils, rich in limestone, marl, pebbles, and clay at elevations ranging from 100 to 400 meters above sea level, this wine captures the essence of West and South-West facing vineyards that contribute to its unparalleled elegance and complexity.

The 2020 vintage benefited from a distinctive weather pattern: a humid autumn with gentle rains, a brisk winter chill preserving the vines, and a temperate spring that encouraged robust vegetative growth. Careful agronomic management ensured balanced yields and optimal grape quality. The summer sun ripened the grapes ahead of schedule, producing richly concentrated fruit with extraordinary phenolic maturity and vibrant acidity.

Hand-harvested across early September, the grapes from younger Cabernet Franc and mature Cabernet Sauvignon vines ranging from lower altitude plots to the prestigious Vigna di Castiglioncello and Vigna del Quercione hilltops were delicately sorted and vinified with precision. Employing spontaneous fermentation without added yeasts and gentle pressing techniques, the process preserves the integrity and freshness of the fruit. Extended ageing over 25 months in a nuanced blend of 45% new French oak barriques and seasoned barrels enhances the wine’s layered structure, silky tannins, and aromatic complexity.

Sassicaia 2020 is a refined luxury red wine offering an exquisite balance of power and finesse ideal for collectors seeking an exceptional Super Tuscan vintage crafted with expert care and artisanal tradition.

Tasting Note
“The Tenuta San Guido 2020 Bolgheri Sassicaia speaks to those who seek a more voluptuous, opulent and, ultimately, more accessible wine. This vintage is a precise reflection of Coastal Tuscany, as opposed to a more generic "Tuscan" wine from elsewhere in this large central Italian region. You taste the ripeness and soft fruit weight that comes from a coastal appellation with especially bright luminosity and warm Mediterranean offshore breezes. Sassicaia from the cool vintages is a famously reticent or withholding wine in its earliest years, requiring a long lead time before it eases into an ideal drinking window. That's definitely not the case here. This wine is beautiful and compelling straight out of the gate, showing a lovely mix of dark fruit, oak spice, balanced freshness, textural richness, soft tannins and an expertly contained 14% alcohol content. The wine's immediate character is what distinguishes this vintage, and I wouldn't get too fussed by exaggerated cellar-ageing ambitions. The wine awards sheer pleasure in its current form, with dazzling primary fruit and soaring intensity over the near and medium term. Drink 2024-2042.”
96pts Monica Larner, Wine Advocate, January 2023

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