Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido, Bolgheri

Not very impressed, maybe due to a high expectation, it is a okay wine, but not gonna buy again

2001 vintage

popped and poured and good to go. have mellowed down a fair bit but remains very classy. dark cassis, then otherwise forest floor, dried earth, subtle, med bodied and elevated, beaming with energy. Sassicaia from another era.

1985 vintage

Decanted. After 1.5hr, still felt tight; another 45 minutes made a huge difference. Blackberries and black currants in spades - fresh and ripe. Chocolate, cigar box, baking spices. Full and softened tannins

2017 vintage

Not your ‘85! Nonetheless, enjoyable. Clearly not a great value money wise. Enjoyed but had hoped for more. Red currant, raspberry, cherry, dried herbs and hints of graphite. Very balanced with a moderate finish. Drink up!

1990 vintage

Not your �85! Nonetheless, enjoyable. Clearly not a great value money wise. Enjoyed but had hoped for more. Red currant, raspberry, cherry, dried herbs and hints of graphite. Very balanced with a moderate finish. Drink up!

1990 vintage

The 10 year love affair continues with this beautiful wine which once again delivered. Interestingly this bottle was a bit more youthful and on the fruit than earlier bottles which were well secondary. Still a fascinating wine and great to see that this continues to deliver. We had the hunch back in the day 10 years ago when we first tried it that this would be a superb Sassicaia albeit the vintage and still proves us right. 95 again and …

2002 vintage

Drank at Addison at the end of my 40th birth year...Absolutely up to the hype. Drank with 2020 Screaming Eagle Sauv Blanc, 1995 Vogué Musigny. Absolutely amazing to the last drop!

1985 vintage

2nd bottle in short amount of time. Drank along 1995. This crushed. Prime form. Peak drinking.

1997 vintage

Bottiglia sorprendente, al naso intriganti note di torrefazione, in bocca pulito, equilibrato e molto piacevole.

1997 vintage

Understated. Still young. Earth and leather, Elegant, medium body, long and complex. Drink now but has yet to open up. Try again in another 5 years.

1999 vintage

Superb! Great wine, great depth of dark fruit and very long, with some leather. Elegant, medium body, still fresh. Long and complex. Drink now and over the next 10 years and may be more.

1985 vintage

Not a good bottle perhaps - this had volatile acidity and unintegrated alcohol - disjointed. Medium body, red and black fruit, medium length, some complexity. Better to sell than drink.

1990 vintage

Young fresh, robust structure, will be good in 20 years. Great depth and intensity. Black and red fruit. Medium body, medium length and straightforward. Wait at least 10 years.

2001 vintage

Wow! Great balance, warm oak, red fruit, some leather. Elegant, medium body. Long with some complexity. Drink now and over the next 10 to 15 years.

1997 vintage

Oh wow what a beautiful wine. Fresh juicy and delicious, quite light on its feet, occasionally ethereal, mysteriously complex. I had this a couple of years after bottling and it was very light for Sass and had almost green notes. Since then it’s put on fat and is in a beautifully drinkable phase now. Sass with sass. No decant needed.

2017 vintage

Drank at 67PM Ok, it wins, it is incredible. Depth, purity elegance. Still young and will last at least another 10 years. WOW

1985 vintage

Drank at 67PM Bell pepper and roses

1990 vintage

Drank at 67 Fully mature

1999 vintage

Drank at 67PM Incredible power and balance

1997 vintage

Drank at 67PM What a beauty, incredible depth, still quite young. Long palate.

2001 vintage

With close to 30 years of age this Bordeaux type Italian superstar is nowehere from tired. Elegant and complex, perfectly balanced. Perfectly mature red berries and cassis, chocolate, truffle, leather, tobacco, coffee and menthol notes. Drink now and for another decade.

1998 vintage

Elegant, lifted and beautifully resolved. Redcurrant, tobacco leaf, dried roses, and graphite. Perfect balance between remaining fruit and secondary development. Silky texture with clean acidity. A refined, understated Sassicaia

1998 vintage

Deep and layered with classic cassis, violets, bay leaf, pencil shavings and warm stones. Structure is still firm, with excellent mid-palate concentration. A benchmark vintage showing harmony and longevity

2001 vintage

Fully tertiary profile now: dried herbs, menthol, iodine, old cedar, and fading blackcurrant. Medium-bodied with softened tannins and a lively, surprisingly persistent acidity. Cool-vintage structure intact but clearly in late maturit

1996 vintage

Coup de coeur.

2002 vintage

Pronounced nose intensity with notes of black fruits, black currant, vanilla, chocolate. Medium+ acidity and medium+ tannin. Long finish.

2017 vintage

Opened 2 hours (but ready from the get go). Mint, liquorice, pencil shavings on the nose. Mature and elegant, practically fully resolved tannins. Exquisite strawberry finish. Feels at peak. Worked well with poached chicken with morels (surprisingly better than with beef fillet).

1998 vintage

Vacation wines; 10/18/2025-10/25/2025 (Hotel Sonne, Partschins, IT) : *** AI generated text based on my WSET style short tasting notes *** Tasted fully blind in a standard 0.75 liter bottle, the 1997 Sassicaia from Tenuta San Guido presents itself as a deep, clear red wine, displaying vibrant ruby and garnet hues. On the nose, it is clean and fully developed, with pronounced intensity. Aromas evoke barnyard notes (Brett), classic Cabernet character, and a cool, refined profile. The palate is dry, …

1997 vintage

Popped and poured and was remarkably approachable at first sip. Dark ruby in color with red and black fruits and hints of mushrooms and grilled meats. This is in a great place right now but will last years and likely continue to improve. Medium-full bodied, but not overdone by any means. This is just an elegant and polished Cabernet based wine that brings a lot of joy with each sip. Bravo.

2017 vintage

Finally, a Sassicaia that I was able to drink and enjoy! Tar and Capsicum on the nose, considerable spice overall. Still has a real darkness for the age it has, barely any thinning in the edges. Showing a lot of the Cabernet Franc. The palate has real silky texture, and a barberry fruit character to go alongside. Definitely starting to show the very early stages of dryness, so might be worth thinking about getting these drunk in the coming five …

1997 vintage

2025-10 Vinorules Cabernet at Scopri : Tasted blind. Nice full nose of blackcurrant. Ripe but lean. Long time left in this wine. Old world tannins. Lifted, violet and blackcurrant fruit. 94 - 95.

2001 vintage

We’re staying at the lovely La Perla in Corvara, which has a deep Sassicaia selection of perfect “on release” provenance. Couldn’t resist the 1985, which has always been my favorite. It was a perfect bottle and a true pleasure.

1985 vintage

Mountain Top (Mountain Restaurant , London) : Another consistent 95 here and even we struggle to find words to add for this beautiful wine after 15 or so notes in the last 10 years. Still strong in its soft and effortless style and it’s just joyful for lovers of well aged wines with a lot of old school charm. 95 easy

2002 vintage

Pris le 30 aout 2025 à Granby sur la terasse avec François Lahaie et Véronique. Pris avec une côte de boeuf vieilli 5 semaines et des frites et champignons. Excellent

1996 vintage

With Chapeau Tête Russe, I was lucky enough to be invited by a private collector for a vertical tasting of Sassicaia, where the results were no big surprises, apart from the 2013, which I thought was better. And the 2021, which surpassed the 2016: 2021 100/100 2016 99/100 2019 98/100 2020 97/100 2015/18/ 96/100 2013/17/22 95/100 2014 94/100

2017 vintage

Amazing fruit Secondary flavours present Double decant

1998 vintage

Gift from Marco Brunello; tasted with Stefan Kleissle, his and my wife in two different glasses, the big red Cab. Sommelier and the Riedel mature Bordeaux Sommelier. To me the wine tasted better in the smaller glas, Stefan preferred it out of the large glass. The wine was good, had good mouthfeel and volume and a moderately long finish, you could taste the Cabernet Sauvignon content. Stefan liked it a lot, I missed some complexity and tension. Also, I feel …

1997 vintage

Mature Sassicaia with black cherry, earth, and leather. Full-bodied and elegant with smooth tannins.

2002 vintage

Nose was perfect. Palate was an adventure — from very menthol forward to grape big league chew. But it still seemed bound up a bit and more tannin heavy than I’d have imagined. Certainly this particular bottle had years (decades) ahead of it. Will wait 10 years to drink my other bottle. Decanted and drank over 2 hours.

1985 vintage

Sassicaia 1998 – timeless Bolgheri elegance. The nose? A stroll through a Tuscan hillside: dried rosemary, wild sage, sunbaked thyme. Silky structure, perfect balance, and still full of life after 26 years. A classic blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc, crafted for grace over power. The 1998 Sassicaia is drinking beautifully now, especially if you enjoy finesse over muscle. Perfect for those who appreciate tertiary aromatics, dried herbs, and mellow, old-world charm. Where Bordeaux gives you graphite …

1998 vintage

Bright and fresh, rich & silky dark fruit that’s nicely balanced with vibrant acidity.

1999 vintage

Perfectly aged. Sweet berry. Soft tannin. Beautiful.

1997 vintage

Excellent

2017 vintage

One of the many bottles that made it to the table for a large group dinner. I thought this was in great shape. Very enjoyable. 94

1997 vintage

Drinking really well right now with plenty of life remaining. Black currant, plum, cedar, Tuscan herbs, and musk. Ample acidity, much better than the 2000 I had a year ago. Long finish.

1998 vintage

내 인생 첫 사시카이아를 블라인드로 만났다. 넷이 뿜빠이로 마시니 지갑 부담은 4분의 1, 호기는 4배쯤 됐다. 요즘 시세를 생각하면 혼자선 쉽게 못 열 병이지만, 이렇게 숟가락만 얹어도 되는 자리는 그 자체로 축복이다. 잔에 코를 갖다 대자마자 깊게 익은 블랙베리가 문을 열고, 곧바로 감초·흑후추 같은 향신료가 물결치며 무게감을 더한다. 재미있는 건 시간이 흐를수록 민트 한 조각을 콧속에 가져다 댄 듯한 시원한 쏴함이 껴들어 전체를 정리해 준다는 점. 덕분에 무겁기만 할 것 같던 향이 한결 또렷해졌다. Antonio Galloni가 “검은 과실과 라벤더, 스파이스가 …

2017 vintage

Served from a Magnum. Part of a Vertical (all from Magnums) 1999, 2004, 2011, 2013, 2019 Unfortunate for this one. Not flawed but not something I will speak about for the rest of my days. Blackcurrants, plums, blackberries, tobacco leaf, cedar, and tar. Time has drawn the edges inward sadly; the structure is softening, but the frame still holds. Acidity drives, not dominates. Tannins have begun to blur/ fade out. Oak shows through in spice and toast but is starting …

1999 vintage

Blind tasting. Surprisingly closed. Didn't fare well with other super tuscans

1999 vintage

What more can we say for this Wien that we haven’t said in the last 11 tasting notes of ours over the last dacade? Maybe our favourite of all just because 2002 was a poor vintage and they made one of their best , before the oak use spiked and before the ripeness took over. Classic , beautiful and magical still. 95-96

2002 vintage

We love 2002 Sassicaia, the bad year made great in the hands of masters. This bottle ( no decanting) was also a bit more fruity and oaky than the earthy ones we have had before, of course well evolved but just a beautiful bottle one more time just a touch different. Still a solid 95

2002 vintage

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