2011 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia
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The 2011 Sassicaia, from magnum, has aged exceptionally well, certainly far better than I expected. Aromatic and wonderfully vibrant, the 2011 offers up an enticing mix of red cherry/plum fruit, dried flowers, tobacco, mocha and crushed autumn leaves. The warm, dry growing season was tempered by cooler evening temperatures toward the end of the season that were quite helpful in moderating the heat. The 2011 is so expressive, an absolute delight today.
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Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
The Wine Advocate
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The Tenuta San Guido 2011 Bolgheri Sassicaia is a pleasant surprise, showing a level of freshness and youthfulness that belies its age. Elegant mineral notes give the wine verticality and brightness, carrying the palate with clarity and lift, though a moment of dark fruit weight and blackcurrant on the mid-palate recalls the hot conditions of the 2011 growing season. This vintage was notably charming and generous on release, a character it shares with the current 2023 vintage, and that early appeal continues to translate into poise and balance today. If you have a bottle, this is a great moment to drink it.
85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc. Mid glowing ruby. Complex, subtle nose. Really juicy and appetising – and still quite youthful! This one will run and run and at the moment is just coming out of its shell – with the odd iodine note. Not a blockbuster but very well judged. (JR)
85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc. Just starting to open up now, with chocolate and black cherry and a touch of granitic complexity. Long and persistent – but far from its usual opulent self. (RH)
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Tentuta San Guido produces Sassicaia – Italy’s most famous wine. An icon from the Bolgheri coastline of Tuscany, made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, its rise to prominence in the late 1970s sparked the Super Tuscan revolution.