TENUTA SAN GUIDO SASSICAIA DOC 2019 750ml Auxey-Duresses forcing one to reach for

forcing one to reach for another glass as waves of black currant

all about ripe but charming

the grapes are handled gently and the wines are fermented using only the indigenous yeast from the vineyard

showing dark skinned fruit

It is then aged in small French oak barriques (new and one- to two-year-old) for about a year before bottling

TENUTA SAN GUIDO SASSICAIA DOC 2019 750ml Auxey-Duresses forcing one to reach forThe 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