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2022 Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido Your Store

2023 Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido

Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy

100 Points | Monica Larner, Wine Advocate

"Very few vintages of this legendary Tuscan wine deliver the immediate joy, richness and complexity found in the Tenuta San Guido 2023 Bolgheri Sassicaia."
100 Points, Monica Larner, Wine Advocate

The full review reads like a love letter to a modern classic. Aromas unfold with wild sage, rosemary and dark fruit before moving into crushed stone minerality, rose petal and an intricate spectrum of pink peppercorn, nutmeg, anise, cardamom, bergamot and blood orange. There is even a delicate thread of mentuccia romana, gentler and sweeter than classic mint.

On the palate, beautiful softness is framed by chalky tannins and mineral tension. The acidity shines with clarity and precision, promising long cellar ageing. The wine remains fluid and expressive in the glass, revealing new facets with every swirl. Larner compares it to the legendary 1985, noting that like that iconic year, 2023 was born of challenge and pressure, yet produced something extraordinary.

This is Sassicaia at its most complete, immediate, yet built for decades.

PLEASE NOTE WINE ARRIVES EARLY SPRING 2026

Whats in the bottle
86% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Cabernet Franc

Notable Awards
100pts Monica Larner Wine Advocate "Very few vintages of this legendary Tuscan wine deliver the immediate joy, richness and complexity found in the Tenuta San Guido 2023 Bolgheri Sassicaia. Tasted both before and after its January 2026 bottling, this is a wine that feels uncannily open and generous in its youth, a rare trait for Sassicaia, which is famously inscrutable at this stage [...] The blend includes 13% to 14% Cabernet Franc alongside Cabernet Sauvignon, with the Franc playing a decisive phenolic role that reinforces elegance, linearity and brightness. Aromas unfold with wild sage, rosemary and dark fruit before moving into crushed stone minerality, rose petal and a finely spiced spectrum of pink peppercorn, nutmeg, anise, cardamom, bergamot and blood orange, joined by a delicate note of mentuccia romana, sweeter and gentler than classic mint. The palate shows beautiful softness framed by chalky tannins and mineral tension. Its acidity shines bright and guarantees long cellar aging potential. The wine remains fluid and flexible in the glass as different facets of the bouquet emerge. Like the legendary 1985, 2023 was a difficult and stressful vintage shaped by a cold winter, yet it stands as proof that great pressure can indeed give birth to diamonds."

£265.00 - £1,580.00
£265.00
£265.00 - £1,580.00
£265.00
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In the windswept coastal hills of Bolgheri lies Tenuta San Guido — an estate that rewrote the rules of Italian winemaking. Founded by the visionary Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta in the 1940s, it was here that the now-iconic wine Sassicaia first emerged, planted with Cabernet Sauvignon in soils Mario believed echoed Bordeaux’s Graves. In 1968, Sassicaia was commercially released and eventually granted its own appellation — the only single-estate DOC in Italy.


Today, under the guidance of Nicolò Incisa della Rocchetta and his team, the estate spans vineyards planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Sangiovese on the legendary gravel-studded slopes of the Tuscan coast. With 90 hectares in production, these vines draw strength from poor soils, cooling sea breezes and meticulous viticulture. Wines from Tenuta San Guido are defined by elegance and power — dark fruits, fine tannins, mineral lift and unmistakable longevity.


From Sassicaia to its younger siblings Guidalberto and Le Difese, the estate crafts wines with precision and passion — a blend of tradition and modern excellence that makes Bolgheri one of the must-watch appellations in the wine world.