Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia DOC 2023

Tenuta San Guido helped establish Bolgheri’s reputation with Sassicaia, first commercially released with the 1968 vintage. The 2023 blends 87% Cabernet Sauvignon with 13% Cabernet Franc, grown on the estate’s stony soils near the Tuscan coast. Fermented in stainless steel, it matured for 24 months in French oak barriques, including 40% new oak.

Dark berry fruit meets sage, rosemary, floral notes and fine spice, with fresh acidity and chalky tannins giving the wine definition and length. Polished and expressive, it combines generous flavour with an elegant structure suited to cellaring. Antonio Galloni awarded it 97 points for Vinous, describing it as “elegant and supremely polished.”