2020 Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido, Bolgheri Sassicaia, Tuscany, Italy

The 2020 Sassicaia, Bolgheri, by Tenuta San Guido, has a fabulous nose that is rich and elegant, with gentle spicing of the delightful blackcurrant fruit. Elegant and refined on the palate, linear and typically Sassicaia, very fine, savoury fruit, rapier-like acidity, and fine and grippy tannins all show this wine built for the long haul. The finish is long and beautifully balanced. A real coiled spring of wine or an as-yet unopened flower bud waiting to show its beauty and charm. Priscilla says it will need another ten months to begin to show, but if you can give it twenty years, so much the better! 

Chris Pollington, Senior Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd