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2019 Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido, Bolgheri
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Why We're Buying
Sassicaia is the original Super Tuscan, debuting in 1968. Its seminal release was far from spontaneous, though. Tenuta San Guido had refined the red blend for more than four decades in pursuit of the ultimate thoroughbred wine. So, what did critics originally think? Meh. Since light, local wines were customary, the complexity of Sassicaia was beyond comprehension. Time has been much kinder to Sassicaia. Today, it’s considered one of the essential Tuscan wines with its exceptional balance, nuanced personality, and entrancing aromas. The 2019 vintage offers a classical interpretation with notes of red berries, tobacco, dried herbs, cedar, olive, and earthiness. Multiple wine critics have awarded it a 100-point rating, with James Suckling comparing it to the legendary vintages of 1982 and 1988. With its 0.75 price-to-score correlation, Sassicaia should be on any investor’s shortlist. The Final Sip: The original Super Tuscans sparked a revolution and inspired generations of winemakers and consumers.
Critics Scores
Robert Parker's 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.