Tenuta San Guido
Guidalberto Toscana Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
Tuscany, Italy
Solid second wine, really nice freshness from the 2016 character vintage. Decant 1 hour to get it in the right place.
Solid second wine, really nice freshness from the 2016 character vintage. Decant 1 hour to get it in the right place.
Nov 13th, 2023
Excellent vintage for this beauty
Excellent vintage for this beauty
Jul 18th, 2023
Had this in cellar! Outstanding! From the makers of Sassicaia, Deep Ruby with red & black fruits and floral aromas of this 60% Cab Sauv 40% Merlot blend. On the palate flavors of cherry, currants and blackberry with cinnamon, licorice, cacao and earthy notes, well integrated. Fine tannins, approachable, a wine with a solid structure, elegant and smooth, long finish, great mouth feel ending with fruit and spicy oak. Still had room to age. Nice!
Had this in cellar! Outstanding! From the makers of Sassicaia, Deep Ruby with red & black fruits and floral aromas of this 60% Cab Sauv 40% Merlot blend. On the palate flavors of cherry, currants and blackberry with cinnamon, licorice, cacao and earthy notes, well integrated. Fine tannins, approachable, a wine with a solid structure, elegant and smooth, long finish, great mouth feel ending with fruit and spicy oak. Still had room to age. Nice!
Jan 8th, 2022
Youthful but already pleasurable. Very good quality with potential of being outstanding. Developing, but yet a bit mute complexity, pronounced intensity in a balanced and long finish.
Youthful but already pleasurable. Very good quality with potential of being outstanding. Developing, but yet a bit mute complexity, pronounced intensity in a balanced and long finish.
Dec 29th, 2018Had this in cellar! Outstanding! From the makers of Sassicaia, Deep Ruby with red & black fruits and floral aromas of this 60% Cab Sauv 40% Merlot blend. On the palate flavors of cherry, currants and blackberry with cinnamon, licorice, cacao and earthy notes, well integrated. Fine tannins, approachable, a wine with a solid structure, elegant and smooth, long finish, great mouth feel ending with fruit and spicy oak. Still had room to age. Nice!
Had this in cellar! Outstanding! From the makers of Sassicaia, Deep Ruby with red & black fruits and floral aromas of this 60% Cab Sauv 40% Merlot blend. On the palate flavors of cherry, currants and blackberry with cinnamon, licorice, cacao and earthy notes, well integrated. Fine tannins, approachable, a wine with a solid structure, elegant and smooth, long finish, great mouth feel ending with fruit and spicy oak. Still had room to age. Nice!
1 person found it helpfulJan 20th, 2022From the makers of Sassicaia, Deep Ruby with concentrated sweet red & black fruit and floral aromas. The palate of this 60% Cab Sauv 40% Merlot blend shows layers of fruit, cherry, currants and blueberry with cinnamon, cacao and slight earthy notes, a real powerhouse of integrated flavors, best recent vintage I have tasted. Graceful Tannins, approachable, a wine with a solid structure, elegant and smooth. This full-body wine’s finish was long, had a great mouth feel & was enjoyable. Decant! Tasting Sample.
From the makers of Sassicaia, Deep Ruby with concentrated sweet red & black fruit and floral aromas. The palate of this 60% Cab Sauv 40% Merlot blend shows layers of fruit, cherry, currants and blueberry with cinnamon, cacao and slight earthy notes, a real powerhouse of integrated flavors, best recent vintage I have tasted. Graceful Tannins, approachable, a wine with a solid structure, elegant and smooth. This full-body wine’s finish was long, had a great mouth feel & was enjoyable. Decant! Tasting Sample.
1 person found it helpfulOct 12th, 2018
Classic wine from a great vintage. Blend of Cab and Merlot. Blackberry and dark cherry on the nose. Palate is bold and opulent with an underlying finesse that is hard to describe. Flavors of dark cherry, berries, and leather meld together beautifully in perfect balance with smooth tannins. This is very drinkable now with a 2 hour decant. One of the best Guidalberto’s in recent memory. Roast some lamb and enjoy! 2016 vintage on Aug 31, 2018.
Classic wine from a great vintage. Blend of Cab and Merlot. Blackberry and dark cherry on the nose. Palate is bold and opulent with an underlying finesse that is hard to describe. Flavors of dark cherry, berries, and leather meld together beautifully in perfect balance with smooth tannins. This is very drinkable now with a 2 hour decant. One of the best Guidalberto’s in recent memory. Roast some lamb and enjoy! 2016 vintage on Aug 31, 2018.
1 person found it helpfulSep 2nd, 2018
If Sassicia is 💯 points for 2016 you had to figure their other wine was good as well, give it another 5-10 years without any issues. 2016 was a great year over-there. This at $45 or 2016 Sassicaia at $400.00 if you didn’t buy at $175.00 early
Wine Advocate 94+ review as follows,
This wine is showing exceptionally well in this classic vintage. The 2016 Guidalberto (Cabernet Sauvignon and a smaller percentage of Merlot) opens to a full and generous bouquet and a beautifully rich and velvety appearance. This edition of Tenuta San Guido's mid-level wine offers a bigger aromatic profile, more texture and more volume as well. Dark cherry and blackberry segue to spice, tar, leather and sweet fruit at the end. The mouthfeel is elegantly shaped, silky and nuanced. This may well be the best vintage of Guidalberto I have yet to taste—and you can get this wine at a great price too.
Just south of Livorno, Tuscany, lies the Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC, and the Tenuta San Guido estate, where Sassicia is produced. The estate was originally owned by Marchesi Incisa della Rocchetta, and has been managed since WWII by his son, Niccolo. A true pioneer in the Italian wine industry, his experimenting with the introduction of non-native varieties to Italy, resulted in the world-famous Sassicaia. In Italian, Sassicaia means "the place of many stones" and is used as the proprietary name for the estate's Bordeaux-style blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The vines of the Sassicaia vineyard were originally planted with cuttings from the prestigious Chateau Lafite-Rothschild. The wines of Sassicaia were so instrumental in creating the "Super-Tuscan" sensation that 1994, the Italian government granted Sassicaia its own DOC status in a sub-zone of the Bolgheri DOC. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats, and the wines are then aged in French oak barrique for 18 to 24 months prior to release. Sassicaia produces a second label called Guidalberto and recently released a third wine, Le Difese, that is virtually unavailable in the U.S.
If Sassicia is 💯 points for 2016 you had to figure their other wine was good as well, give it another 5-10 years without any issues. 2016 was a great year over-there. This at $45 or 2016 Sassicaia at $400.00 if you didn’t buy at $175.00 early
Wine Advocate 94+ review as follows,
This wine is showing exceptionally well in this classic vintage. The 2016 Guidalberto (Cabernet Sauvignon and a smaller percentage of Merlot) opens to a full and generous bouquet and a beautifully rich and velvety appearance. This edition of Tenuta San Guido's mid-level wine offers a bigger aromatic profile, more texture and more volume as well. Dark cherry and blackberry segue to spice, tar, leather and sweet fruit at the end. The mouthfeel is elegantly shaped, silky and nuanced. This may well be the best vintage of Guidalberto I have yet to taste—and you can get this wine at a great price too.
Just south of Livorno, Tuscany, lies the Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC, and the Tenuta San Guido estate, where Sassicia is produced. The estate was originally owned by Marchesi Incisa della Rocchetta, and has been managed since WWII by his son, Niccolo. A true pioneer in the Italian wine industry, his experimenting with the introduction of non-native varieties to Italy, resulted in the world-famous Sassicaia. In Italian, Sassicaia means "the place of many stones" and is used as the proprietary name for the estate's Bordeaux-style blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The vines of the Sassicaia vineyard were originally planted with cuttings from the prestigious Chateau Lafite-Rothschild. The wines of Sassicaia were so instrumental in creating the "Super-Tuscan" sensation that 1994, the Italian government granted Sassicaia its own DOC status in a sub-zone of the Bolgheri DOC. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats, and the wines are then aged in French oak barrique for 18 to 24 months prior to release. Sassicaia produces a second label called Guidalberto and recently released a third wine, Le Difese, that is virtually unavailable in the U.S.
Beef tenderloin dinner at Corcoran’s in Sturgis, MI
Beef tenderloin dinner at Corcoran’s in Sturgis, MI
Jun 13th, 2021
Pretty good wine from Toscana! Like it ;-)
Pretty good wine from Toscana! Like it ;-)
Dec 18th, 2019