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Tenuta San Guido in Bolgheri produced Sassicaia 2021 of perfect\nquality as you will read in my tasting notes below. Since the 2015 vintage, not\na single vintage has been wrong and all the vintages have been at the highest\nlevels even in more difficult years. In recent years, the estate has reduced\nproduction by vinifying only the best grapes. Less wine but of great quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before describing the wine it seems necessary to say something\nabout the vintage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lands from which the Sassicaia grapes come are included in the\nterritorial delimitation of the D.O.C. Bolgheri Sassicaia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vineyards are located in different areas, some limestone rich\nin marl, others with stones and stones and others also partially clayey. The\nvineyards are located at altitude ranging from 100 to 300 meters above sea\nlevel, with west\/south-west exposure. The training system is spurred cordon.\nThe planting density ranges from 3600 vines\/ha to 5550 vines\/ha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2021 was also a good year in terms of climate trends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Autumn had mild temperatures and occasional rain. At the end of\nOctober temperatures dropped, reaching -3\/-4\u00b0C at night with frequent rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In mid-December temperatures rose again and in mid-January they\ndropped again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In mid-February, daytime temperatures reached a maximum of 7-10\u00b0C,\nreaching -5 and -7\u00b0C at night. At the end of February they gradually increased.\nMarch had sunny days even if a little chilly. April started with mild\ntemperatures, but from the middle of the month temperatures dropped again,\napproaching “0”. Even in May there was an alternation of sun and\nrain. From the end of May temperatures rose above normal and a dry heat arrived\nwhich lasted until mid-July. After July 13th temperatures dropped again. Since\nmid-August temperatures have returned to normal with cooler temperatures at\nnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The grapes showed a perfect balance between technical maturity and\nphenolic maturity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The alcohol levels were slightly higher but were well countered by\na\u2019excellent freshness\nand flavor of the musts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let’s now move on to\ndescribing the wines tasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regarding the width of the\ntannin, it is important to make the following clarifications so that it can be\nunderstood. I feel the tannin of the wine on the upper gum. The total width of\nthe tannin is 6\/6, i.e. the entire width of the upper gum. Obviously, if the\ntannin is less broad, it could be for example 5\/6 and so on. The width of the\ntannin is important when the quality of the tannin is of good or high level.\nThe larger the tannin, the more the wine is worthy of attention, but the tannin,\nas I have specified, must, in any case, be of good quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
TENUTA SAN GUIDO <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bolgheri Sassicaia, 2021 vintage <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (grape variety: 85% Cabernet\nSauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ruby red and transparent purple color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The olfactory casket opens to very intense aromas of clean sea\nwater (internal white part of the watermelon peel), black pepper, nutmeg,\nlavender soap (Atkinson), mint, eucalyptus, sage, bay leaves, small liquorice\ngrains, earth wet, jute, sweets from the outside of the candy, blackberry, plum,\nblond Virginia tobacco, natural tea, starch (spray starch for ironing),\nbergamot, to finish with light woodsy whiffs that remind me of the\n“After” chocolate eight” (mint and dark chocolate). This year,\nnew woods were used in greater quantities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tenuta San Guido in Bolgheri produced Sassicaia 2021 of perfect quality as you will read in my tasting notes below. Since the 2015 vintage, not a single vintage has been wrong and all the vintages have been at the highest levels even in more difficult years. In recent years, the estate has reduced production by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[401,667,668],"class_list":["post-14174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","tag-paolo-baracchino-2","tag-sassicaia-2021","tag-tenuta-san-guido-2","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG-20240115-WA0006.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pav13q-3GC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14176,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14174\/revisions\/14176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
On the palate it has medium body, nice acidity and flavors of juicy blackberry and plum. Perfectly balanced wine with alcoholic mass completely overcome by freshness and tannins. The latter are sweet, completely 6\/6 wide and silky. Its gustatory persistence is very long with a finish still with the same juicy fruit and a very final touch of after eight which in my opinion, with the wine remaining in the bottle, will be lost. For the structure, 2021 is positioned between that of 2015 (100\/100)<\/strong> and that of 2016 (100\/100 and lode)<\/strong>. 2021 great wine. Another great success for this wonderful wine. (100\/100)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"