Beskrivelse
Vinen har en mættet rød-lilla, næsten blålig farve og en dyb duft af modne solbær, brombær, cedertræ, tobak og ristede fadnoter som integreres fuldt ud med alderen. I munden vil man opleve et svimlende koncentrations- og ekstraktionsniveau med tæt, kølig og mørk bærfrugt og fine polerede tanniner. Vinen har nok modenhed til at kunne nydes allerede som ung og samtidig nok syre, struktur og ekstrakt til at kunne gemmes i mindst et par årtier. Forvent dog ikke at en Sassicaia når sit højdepunkt før omkring 10 års lagring under de rette forhold.
Robert Parker 96 point:
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.