Red Wine

Tenuta San Guido

Sassicaia 2017, 75cl

Tuscany

Tenuta San Guido

To craft Sassicaia 2017, we carried out a careful selection of grapes using a sorting table to eliminate impurities and the presence of millerandage. The grapes were gently and delicately pressed and destemmed, with special care taken not to break the integrity of the berries.

Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of about 28°–30°C (with no yeast inoculation). Maceration lasted approximately 11–12 days for the Cabernet Franc and 13–14 days for the Cabernet Sauvignon. Frequent open-air pump-overs and repeated délestage during fermentation produced elegant musts with good structure and excellent aromatic components.

Malolactic fermentation was then completed naturally in stainless steel tanks at the end of November, after which the wine was transferred to barrels.

AGEING
After malolactic fermentation, the wine was placed in French oak barrels, with a small portion in American oak, where it aged for a period ranging between 20 and 25 months. The ageing duration is technically determined based on the seasonal characteristics of the harvest.

Awards

97/100 Wine Enthusiast; 97/100 Decanter; 96/100 James Suckling

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

Tenuta San Guido

Tenuta San Guido is named after the Saint Guido della Gherardesca who lived during the 11th century. It is located on the Tyrrhenian coast between Leghorn and Grosseto in Maremma, an area made famous by Italian Nobel Prize winner Giosuè Carducci, and stretches 13 km from the sea to the hills.

Three are its defining features: the wine of Sassicaia, the meticulous Razza Dormello-Olgiata farm and the Padule di Bolgheri bird sanctuary. They divide the estate between the Padule on the coast, the horse training grounds on the plain, and the vineyards planted up to 350 metres on the hills. The latter have been awarded their own DOC, the DOC Bolgheri Sassicaia, the first, and so far only case in Italy of a DOC contained within an estate.

Address

Tenuta San Guido

Loc. Le Capanne n. 27
57022 BOLGHERI (LI)
ITALY

Tel. : +39 – 0565 – 762003 / 762026

www.tenutasanguido.com