Tenuta San Guido is an Italian wine producer in the DOC Bolgheri in Toscana, known as a producer of "Super Tuscan" wine. Its wine Sassicaia is considered one of Italy's leading Bordeaux-style red wines.
We a have chosen a selection of vintages, produced between 1989 and 2001.
The grapes from the 1996 harvest were excellent in all aspects: healthy, high sugar content, excellent polyphenol content thanks to the quality and quantity of its sweet tannins.
The Veronelli Wine Guide had this to say about the 1996 Sassicaia back in 2000.
"It made us wait a few years, as befits a true "star", but it is certain that with the 1996 vintage one returns to talk about the "mythical" Sassicia."
The 2001 vintage, benefited from particularly favorable weather as the grapes were ripening, with very little rain during the summer and above normal temperatures enabling the grapes to ripened early.
Leading wine expert James Suckling had this to say about the 2001 wine.
"This has always been a well defined, classy Sassicaia. Floral, berry and currants with hints of roses and lilacs on the nose. Wonderful fruit. Full and very structured with firm tannins and a long rich finish, yet cool and racy. Very, very beautiful. You can enjoy it now but best after 2012."
So come in and enjoy this fabulous wine, by the glass, the bottle or buy some to enjoy at home.
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