Wines from Tenuta San Guido

Tenuta San Guido

Tenuta San Guido is situated in the Maremma (Tuscany) near the Tyrrhenian Sea in Italy. The winery is world famous for their flagship wine “Sassicaia”.

Sassicaia means “stony ground” in the Tuscan dialect. The production of Sassicaia began already in 1948, and until the mid-1960’s it was only consumed at the estate. All the grapes used for this wine came from a vineyard near Castiglioncello.

In 1965, the late Marchèse Mario Incisa della Rochetta planted two new vineyards with Cabernet Sauvigon and cabernet franc nearby the original vineyard. This was the beginning of the “new” Sassicaia and the first release in 1968 was already well received. However, the wine became world famous in 1978 when a blind tasting competition hold by Decanter magazine was hosted and a bottle of Sassicaia won over many famous cabernet sauvignon producers from all over the world.

Since Sassicaia was the first Italian wine to experiment with Bordeaux style wine making it can be considered as the first ‘Super Tuscan’. Because of that the wine was classified only as a Vino da Tavola, but since 2013, it became the only wine from any single estate in Italy which received its own DOC (Bolgheri Sassicaia).

Sassicaia’s vinification takes place in temperature controlled, stainless-steel vats for about two weeks. The wine is then aged in 25% new oak barrels from France for 24 months. The production of Sassicaia is about 180.000 bottles per year. There is also a second wine produced “Guidalberto” (cabernet sauvignon & merlot), which was launched in 2000 and recently “La Diffese” was introduced. “La Diffese” has some Sangiovese in the blend and is partly aged in American oak. Furthermore, the estate also produces, in association with Jacopo Poli a Grappa “Da Vinacce Di Sassicaia.

The winery has many famous fans. For example, Jay-Z and Beyonce visited the winery and it is said that they always want to have two bottles in their dressing room. Also David and Victoria Beckham where celebrated their wedding anniversary with a case of Sassicaia and Rihanna was spotted leaving a restaurant with a bottle of Sassicaia in her hand.

The great vintages for Sassicaia are: 1985 (considered a legend!), 1988, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2001, and generally, all the wines from vintage 2006 on.

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Robert Parker 92
Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Guidalberto 2006

Guidalberto

2006
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Robert Parker 92
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Tenuta San Guido - Guidalberto 2007

Guidalberto

2007
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Robert Parker 92
Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Guidalberto 2007

Guidalberto

2007
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Robert Parker 93
Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Guidalberto 2013

Guidalberto

2013
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Winespectator 92
Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Guidalberto 2014

Guidalberto

2014
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James Suckling 95
Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Guidalberto 2016

Guidalberto

2016
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James Suckling 94
Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Guidalberto 2017

Guidalberto

2017
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BOW 8
Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Guidalberto 2018

Guidalberto

2018
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James Suckling 93
Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Guidalberto 2019

Guidalberto

2019
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James Suckling 93
Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - La Difese 2016

La Difese

2016
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Tenuta San Guido - La Difese 2019

La Difese

2019
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Robert Parker 96
Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1968

Sassicaia

1968
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Robert Parker 88
Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1972

Sassicaia

1972
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Winespectator 95
Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1978

Sassicaia

1978
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1979

Sassicaia

1979
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1980

Sassicaia

1980
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Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1981

Sassicaia

1981
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1982

Sassicaia

1982
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1982

Sassicaia

1982
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Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1983

Sassicaia

1983
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1983

Sassicaia

1983
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1984

Sassicaia

1984
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Robert Parker 100
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1985

Sassicaia

1985
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Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1985

Sassicaia

1985
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Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1985

Sassicaia

1985
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1986

Sassicaia

1986
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1986

Sassicaia

1986
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1987

Sassicaia

1987
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1987

Sassicaia

1987
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1987

Sassicaia

1987
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1987

Sassicaia

1987
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1988

Sassicaia

1988
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1988

Sassicaia

1988
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1989

Sassicaia

1989
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1990

Sassicaia

1990
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1990

Sassicaia

1990
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1990

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1990
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1991

Sassicaia

1991
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1992

Sassicaia

1992
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1992

Sassicaia

1992
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1993

Sassicaia

1993
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1994

Sassicaia

1994
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1994

Sassicaia

1994
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1994

Sassicaia

1994
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1995

Sassicaia

1995
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1995

Sassicaia

1995
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1996

Sassicaia

1996
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1996

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1996
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Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 1997

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1997
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1997
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