Guidalberto, Tenuta San Guido - 2023

Name: Guidalberto, Tenuta San Guido
Brand: Tenuta San Guido
SKU: 44400
Price: 66.99 USD
Availability: InStock

750 mL

Item # 44400

This second label from San Guido is named after Guidalberto della Gherardesca who lived in Bolgheri and was a pioneer in modern agriculture. The Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from their Sassicaia plantings. In fact, this is an excellent red wine to drink as you let your Sassicaia age.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2023

Country

Italy

Region

Tuscany

Producer

Tenuta San Guido

Grape Variety

Cabernet Sauvignon

Merlot

Staff Pick Notes

Like many of us, I love Sassicaia. But at its price, it has reserved its place rightly at the super premium level of Italian wines. It is an incredible wine that is renowned for its aging potential, which shows optimally 10-30 years after bottling. That is a long time to reach its full potential! If only there was a wine from the same estate that was priced more modestly with an earlier drinkability window. This is where Guidalberto saves the day! Launched with the 2000 vintage, Tenuta San Guido created this wine to offer an earlier drinking window (within its first 3-10 years) and to showcase the potential of their Merlot (an often misunderstood grape) blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine offers a wonderfully smooth texture with a complex mix of black forest fruits, herbs, and spices combined with a very long finish.

- ADM

More About This Wine

Merlot

The next time you hear someone say they never touch Merlot, tell them that it's too bad, because you were just about to open a few bottles of Château Pétrus and Le Pin, and you have no one to share them with. Some wine drinkers are quick to dismiss varieties that become too fashionable, but Merlot is popular for good reason. It has one of the most impressive and distinctive textures of any wine, and has long been prized for the "softening" effect it can have on Cabernet Sauvignon - especially...

Cabernet Sauvignon

The result of an illicit affair a hundred-odd years ago between Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon today enjoys more worldwide popularity than both of its parents combined. It is the principal grape of Bordeaux, and as such has rightly earned its place among the greatest and most long-lived wines of the Old World; of course, it is also the most heralded grape of California, positioning it at the forefront of the New World wine scene as well. Today, Cabernet Sauvignon has a...

Tuscany

When you think of Tuscan wine, think of Sangiovese, the grape that is common to most great Tuscan reds (Vernaccia is the only white wine made here). Brunello di Montalcino, one of the most complex expressions of Sangiovese, has the best aging potential. Vino Nobile di Montepulciano shows the softer side of the grape, containing up to 20% of other varieties. Young Chianti often smells of fresh fruit and herbs, while Chianti Classico Riserva can be dark and brooding. The term “Super Tuscans”...

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