GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Tenuta San Guido
Region: Bolgheri, Maremma, Tuscany, Italy
Appellation: Bolgheri DOC
Type: Dry red wine, non-sparkling
Vintage: 2018
Date of Tasting: April 2023
Type of viticulture: organic (no certification found)
Grapes used: 85% Cabernet Sauvignon & 15% Cabernet Franc
Vintage Blend: 100% grapes from 2018
Winemaking details: not communicated
Aging: 19 months in oak barrels (2/3 new oak barrels)
Sugar level: low (level of residual sugar not communicated)
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Ruby
- Intensity = Deep
NOSE
- Intensity = Pronounced
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = vanilla, candied fruits, candied cherry, notes of leather, meat, hints of chocolate
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry
- Acidity = Medium+
- Tannins = High (ripe)
- Alcohol = High (14%)
- Body = Full
- Flavour Intensity = Pronounced
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = vanilla, candied fruits, candied cherry, notes of leather, meat, hints of chocolate
- Other = Beautiful and precise acidity
- Finish = Long
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Outstanding
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 10°C for up to 25-30 years
- Will absolutely gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 380 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = not applicable at this price
- Comparison with same price competition = good
- Suitability for Diabetics = suitable (level of residual sugar not communicated)
- Service Temperature = around 16°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = Kobe beef, Leg of lamb, Navarin of lamb, Straccetti, Involtini di manzo, Peposo, braised venison, wild boar, grilled rib of beef, rack of lamb in the oven, duck breast, hare, Bistecca alla Fiorentina
- Comments = Sassicaia is a true icon, the first “Super Tuscan” (one of the first reds produced in Italy like the great Bordeaux wines. The first vintage was produced in 1968). This 2018 vintage is no exception to the rule. Slightly less opulent than the 2015 vintage, it is nonetheless one of the very best recent vintages. It is both powerful and incredibly fine, these tannins only need to be polished over time, the aromatic expression is just as powerful but precise and with many nuances. The finish is long, deep, velvety and totally bewitching. There is no doubt that this wine is an exceptional wine, an excellent investment and a true work of art.
- Final Grade = A++
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
