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2017 San Guido "Sassicaia" Bolgheri

2017 San Guido "Sassicaia" Bolgheri

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Decanter

Reviewed November 2022
This 2017 Sassicaia is wonderfully fragrant on the nose, but it needs an hour or more to really open up. 2017 was a very difficult vintage mainly because it was so dry it didn't rain for most of the summer and for much of the spring. The vines were stressed, and a lot of fine tuning and management was needed in the vineyards and in the winery to get the best results. But what I love so much about this 2017 is that Carlo Paoli and the Tenuta San Guido team have done a brilliant job. There is a lovely harmony on the palate and a lovely mouth-watering freshness and acidity which is a signature of Sassicaia but more of a challenge in this vintage. There is a little dry twist to the tannins on the finish, but they are beautifully integrated into the rest of the wine and this after all is a signature of the 2017. (SH)
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Professional Reviews

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Kerin O'Keefe

Review Date: 02/2020
Aromas of exotic spice, baked plum and French oak mingle with camphor and blue flower. From one of the hottest years in recent memory, this boasts extraordinary elegance and freshness for the vintage, delivering with precision juicy Marasca cherry, spiced blueberry, tobacco and licorice. Velvety, fine-grained tannins provide refined support while coffee and crushed mint notes linger on the persistent finish.

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James Suckling

Review Date: 05/2020
The balance and beauty to this is impressive, offering sweet, ripe currants and flowers with some crushed-stone and dry-earth undertones. Full-bodied with soft, polished tannins and a long, creamy-textured finish. It’s polished, yet concentrated.

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Wine Spectator

Review Date: 08/2020
A taut, densely wrought red, with black currant, black cherry, iron, wild herb and spice flavors matched to the elegant frame and restrained character. Balanced and long, this has a distinctly Old World feel and looks set to unravel its complex facets slowly. Terrific length. *Collectible* (BS)

Notes

Monica Larner for Wine Advocate on the vintage: "This Sassicaia represents 83% Cabernet Sauvignon and 17% Cabernet Franc, with most of the fruit coming from the Tenuta's historic vineyards Castiglioncello, Quercione and Doccino. These plots are all located on the back hill of Bolgheri at slightly higher elevations where they enjoy cooler nighttime temperatures. Old vines also have a deeper root system that is key to braving dry and hot summers. You can absolutely taste those choices here thanks to the wine's aromatic profile that offers more variety-driven green highlights of wild berry, forest floor and bramble than I would have expected. With time, as the wine takes on more air in the glass, you get a hint of summer plum or cherry cough drop, and this, to my surprise, is the only subtle reminder of the hot vintage encountered. I found the aromas here to be authentically 'Tuscan' in character, more so than other vintages, with balsamic and Mediterranean elements that borrow directly from the Sangiovese playbook." (01/2020)

Details

TypeRed Wine
VarietalCabernet Sauvignon and Blends
OriginSuper Tuscan, Tuscany, Italy
Bottle Size750 mL
SKU1484020