Guidalberto
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2035
🍷 Vintage Profile
The 2021 growing season along the Tuscan coast was characterized by a cool spring followed by a dry, sunny summer tempered by cooling maritime breezes and pronounced diurnal shifts. Merlot achieved rich fruit concentration early, while Cabernet Sauvignon benefited from late-season sunshine and cool nights, yielding fully resolved phenolics balanced by vibrant natural acidity. Regarded internationally as an exceptional, classic vintage for the Bolgheri area, the 2021 Guidalberto exhibits taut structural tension and pristine aromatic purity. Approaching its prime drinking window by 2026, it possesses the structural depth to age gracefully through 2035.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lamb, grilled beef ribeye, pasta with wild boar ragu
✨ Technical Specifications
The 2021 Guidalberto is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot from the Bolgheri region in Tuscany. The vineyards feature diverse soils composed of clay, sand, limestone, and stony gravel. The 2021 vintage was marked by a dry, warm summer with significant diurnal temperature variations, allowing the grapes to achieve optimal phenolic ripeness while retaining fresh acidity. The wine underwent fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats and was aged for 15 months in a combination of French and American oak barrels, followed by an additional three months of bottle aging before release.
🍾 About the Producer
Situated along the Tyrrhenian coast in the Tuscan Maremma, Tenuta San Guido is the birthplace of the modern Super Tuscan phenomenon. Founded when Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta recognized an affinity between Bolgheri’s gravelly soils and Bordeaux's Graves, the estate planted its first Cabernet vines near Castiglioncello di Bolgheri in 1944. Sassicaia remained a strictly private family vintage until its historic commercial debut with the 1968 vintage. Spanning roughly 2,500 hectares of biodiverse woodlands, wildlife sanctuaries, and thoroughbred pastures, only approximately 100 hectares are under vine. The vineyards thrive under maritime breezes and intense light, rooted in stony, limestone- and clay-rich alluvial terraces. Crafted predominantly from Cabernet Sauvignon alongside Cabernet Franc and aged in French oak barriques, Sassicaia achieved the unprecedented distinction of its own standalone single-estate appellation, DOC Bolgheri Sassicaia. Alongside Guidalberto and Le Difese, the estate's benchmark reds are celebrated worldwide for their aristocratic structure, savory cassis and cedar aromatics, and extraordinary cellar longevity.
🍇 Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon (60%), Merlot (40%)