Armit Wines
Age Verification

Please confirm that you are above the minimum drinking age

Please do not attempt to enter this web site if you are not above the legal age of drinking alcohol in your country of residence. If no such law exist in your country, you have to be over 18 to enter this web site.

Confirm I am not of legal drinking age

2020 Sassicaia

Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany, Italy

CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 14.00%, Drinking 2022-2040+
Bottle shot of 2020 Sassicaia

2020 Sassicaia

Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany, Italy

CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 14.00%, Drinking 2022-2040+

Scores

"The Tenuta San Guido 2020 Bolgheri Sassicaia speaks to those who seek a more voluptuous, opulent and, ultimately, more accessible wine. This vintage is a precise reflection of Coastal Tuscany, as opposed to a more generic "Tuscan" wine from elsewhere in this large central Italian region. You taste the ripeness and soft fruit weight that comes from a coastal appellation with especially bright luminosity and warm Mediterranean offshore breezes. Sassicaia from the cool vintages is a famously reticent or withholding wine in its earliest years, requiring a long lead time before it eases into an ideal drinking window. That's definitely not the case here. This wine is beautiful and compelling straight out of the gate, showing a lovely mix of dark fruit, oak spice, balanced freshness, textural richness, soft tannins and an expertly contained 14% alcohol content. The wine's immediate character is what distinguishes this vintage, and I wouldn't get too fussed by exaggerated cellar-aging ambitions. The wine awards sheer pleasure in its current form, with dazzling primary fruit and soaring intensity over the near and medium term."
96 points, Monica Larner, Wine Advocate

"Frosts damaged the the earlier-developing Cabernet Franc in late March, leading to reduced production but superb quality fruit. Spring was mild and summer was generally warm, but a rapid acceleration of maturation in late summer forced the team to begin picking in the first week of September to avoid any overripeness. A traditional 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc blend, its blackcurranty, dusty, leafy and cedary character is brought into focus by an intense and balsamic palate. It's poised and light on its feet with super-fresh acidity and a fine-grained, almost imperceptible tannic structure. Ripe and tangy raspberry and blueberry fruits linger on the mid-palate, leading to a long, fresh finish with some cream and chocolate notes. This will reward cellaring into the 2050s, yet you'll get plenty of pleasure from it in its youth. 'We advise to keep it at least 10 months in the bottle before opening,' states third-generation Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta."
97 points, James Button, Decanter
Download fact sheet

NEED ADVICE? CALL +44 (0) 20 7908 0660
Our lines are open Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm

FREE DELIVERY ON ORDERS OVER £300
For information on our delivery options, click here

ProducerTenuta San Guido

Quietly, elegantly and almost involuntarily, the Incisa della Rocchetta family set to release the wine that would revolutionise the Italian wine scene creating a totally new genre: the Super-Tuscan. Tenuta San Guido is now a legendary estate and was first planted in the 1940s by the Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, who noted the similarity between Bolgheri’s terroir and that of the Graves. When, in 1968, Sassicaia was finally commercially released, it took the fine wine world by storm. Cementing its iconic status, in 1994 it was granted its own appellation – Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC.

See More
Tenuta San Guido

You Might also like

Bottle shot of 2021 Guidalberto
Tasting Notes

More
2021 Guidalberto Product Info Icon Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany, Italy
View Details
Bottle shot of 2021 Le Difese
Tasting Notes

More
2021 Le Difese Product Info Icon Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany, Italy
View Details
Bottle shot of 2021 Guidalberto
Tasting Notes

More
2021 Guidalberto Product Info Icon Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany, Italy
View Details
Bottle shot of 2020 Guidalberto
Tasting Notes

Please note this product is offered En Premeur and will be delivered late Spring/Summer 2022.“The nose abounds with ripe, fragrant fruit and sweet spice. Plum, strawberry, blackcurrant and forest floor reveal the interplay of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, which constitute equal parts of the blend this year. The palate is juicy and supple, with admirable freshness given the warm vintage,...

More
2020 Guidalberto Product Info Icon Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany, Italy
View Details
Bottle shot of 2019 Guidalberto
Tasting Notes

More
2019 Guidalberto Product Info Icon Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany, Italy
View Details
Bottle shot of 2021 Guidalberto
Tasting Notes

More
2021 Guidalberto Product Info Icon Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany, Italy
View Details
Bottle shot of 2021 Guidalberto
Tasting Notes

More
2021 Guidalberto Product Info Icon Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany, Italy
View Details
Bottle shot of 2022 Le Difese
Tasting Notes

More
2022 Le Difese Product Info Icon Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany, Italy
View Details
See More
"We use essential cookies to collect data whilst you use the Armit Wines website in order to make it work, keep it secure and comply with regulations. We'd also like your consent to use performance and targeting cookies so we can improve the experience for you and analyse how our site is being used.

Select "It's OK" to consent to our use of these additional performance and targeting cookies and continue to the website, or select "Settings" to control which types of cookies we use. You can read more about cookies in our Cookie policy.
Settings It's OK