2022 Sassicaia
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“A beautifully savoury nose exploding from the glass, with notes of straw and fresh hay, intertwined with luscious red fruit. Extremely fresh, clean and precise. The palate is so opulent and well rounded, rich and sumptuous without overdoing it. Generous notes of sour cherries, strawberries and raspberries caressing the mid palate, with velvety, ripe tannins, fresh acidity and great complexity. Very long and gorgeous finish. Really superb and justifies the Sassicaia hype. Already approachable but will keep for a very long time
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James Button, Decanter
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc. Aged for 23 months in French oak (40% new). Tasted blind. Slight smokiness. Fresh and youthful black fruit, albeit without overt cassis character. Fine tannins. Moderate length. Finishes with a touch of bay leaf. (RH)
The 2022 Sassicaia is a deeper, youthful magenta/red color with a slightly deeper aromatic profile of rosemary, gravelly earth, sage, mossy earth, and fresh black cherries. The palate has slightly broader shoulders but remains elegant. It has more plushness on the mid-palate, while its acidity shines through with the finish. It will need several years to shed its baby fat and show its full potential. Drink 2028-2058.
The wine is tightly coiled and concentrated. It feels almost cinched at the waist, with a fascinating tension between the weight of raspberry, blackberry and strawberry coulis fruit and the wine's verticality, as if it's trying to burst out. Lovely mid-palate sapidity is allied to fresh acidity and fine but dense tannins, making for a dark horse of a Sassicaia that isn't giving much away today but will greatly reward those who can cellar it for 12 years and more. ‘What is sure is that 2022 will need a lot of time, but will also have a long life,’ said Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta. A hot vintage, 2022 caused the team to work in the newly completed refrigerated warehouses in San Guido, even moving the sorting table inside. Shorter macerations and 23 rather than the more typical 24 or 25 months of ageing in wood helped to maximise the freshness.
About the producer
Tentuta San Guido produces Sassicaia – Italy’s most famous wine. An icon from the Bolgheri coastline of Tuscany, made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, its rise to prominence in the late 1970s sparked the Super Tuscan revolution.