SASSICAIA 2019

Description

 Aldo Fiordelli 100 points www.decanter.com 
Sassicaia 2019 spent 25 months in oak (one-third new). ‘We are going longer in oak in the past few years,’ said Carlo Paoli, managing director of Tenuta San Guido. Quite pale in the glass, the nose is extremely graceful and intense with a lavender note enhanced by restrained bramble fruits, fermented citrus peel, an intense violet aroma and graphite minerality in depth. The attack is soft and full, the flavor savoury and cedary through to the finish, with integrated velvety tannins and lifted acidity. A perfectly woven structure is bound with signature freshness and fruit vibrancy, making this one for the long haul.Drinking Window 2022 – 2050

Raffaele Vecchione 99 points WinesCritic.com (Juin 2022) (Note du légendaire 2016 : 98 points)
È potentissimo ed impossibile da scalfire il profilo sensoriale serio ed austero di Sassicaia 2019. Profondo e vivo muta con il passare del tempo nel calice animando la scena dei profumi con richiami forti di erbe mediterranee. Il quadro principale è ricco di amarene, prugne nere, foglie di tè nero, erba bagnata, chiodi di garofano, noce moscata e maggiorana. Ricordi di spezie orientali decise vagheggiano ai bordi dell’immagine sensoriale calamitica e di difficile attraversamento. Corpo pieno, suadente e nobile nel sorso ricorda grazia ed equilibrio, saggezza e conoscenza di una visione ampia progettata partendo dall’operato in vigna. I tannini setosi sono perfettamente polimerizzati ed il finale di encomiabile bellezza canonica ricorda una perfezione "Sanmartiniana" per passione ed impeto. Un capolavoro dell’enologia italiana che potrebbe avere una vita infinita. Meglio dal 2026.

Kerin O’Keefe 99 points www.winemag.com (juin 2022)
Enticing aromas of blue flower, cassis, camphor and spice are front and center in this stunning red. The lithe, savory palate features black currant, red plum and star anise while tobacco notes linger on the long finish. Elegant, polished tannins and bright acidity keep it beautifully balanced and focused. Drink 2025–2044. Kerin O’Keefe

Monica Larner 98 points www.parker.com (Note du légendaire 2016 : 100 points)
The latest release from Tenuta San Guido is the 2019 Bolgheri Sassicaia. The bouquet is up front and very expressive from the get-go. It offers a generous display of crunchy, dark cherry that hints at the extra concentration and fruit weight obtained in the 2019 growing season. This vintage will be remembered for the crisp richness of the fruit and its important textural imprint. It also shows fine elegance, bordering on the ethereal, with berry aromas, tarry earth and brushes of balsam herb or grilled rosemary. Sassicaia always shows an almost-glossy finely knit quality to the polished mouthfeel, and I find it again here next to fresh acidity and firm tannins. Mouthfeel in 2019 is the wine’s strongest suit. The 2019 is one of the prettiest and most balanced editions of Sassicaia we’ve seen this past decade, along with the back-to-back duo of 2016 and 2015. The 2019 marries the precision of the 2016 with the rich fruit weight of the 2015.

Antonio Galloni 94 points www.vinous.com  (Note du légendaire 2016 : 97 points)
The 2019 Sassicaia is restrained and also a bit reticent in its first impression. Rose petal, dried herbs, blood orange, mint, sweet pipe tobacco and cinnamon give the 2019 striking aromatic presence. The 2019 is a mid-weight, very classic feeling Sassicaia that is going to need a number of years to open. There’s good fruit depth, but the tannins are not as polished as they usually are. That could be a result of lingering stress from frost that year or recent bottling. The 2019 saw 18-20 days on the skins with natural ferments. Malos followed in tank. Aging was 25 months in barrel (1/3rd new), a longer elevage than normal. The 2019 shows beautifully with a few hours of aeration, so I am optimistic for the future. Let’s see what happens.