Sassicaia
⏳ wine.drinking_window
2026 - 2050
🍽️ wine.food_pairings
Roasted rack of lamb, grilled ribeye steak, wild boar ragu
✨ wine.spec_sheet
The 2016 Sassicaia is a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc, sourced from estate vineyards in the Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC. The terroir is characterized by stony, limestone-rich soils with clay and gravel, situated close to the Tyrrhenian Sea. The 2016 growing season in Bolgheri was highly favorable, marked by a dry summer with cool night temperatures that preserved acidity and allowed for slow, optimal phenolic ripening. The wine was aged for 24 months in French oak barriques before bottling.
🍾 wine.about_producer
Situated in the coastal Bolgheri region of Tuscany, Italy, Tenuta San Guido was established by Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, who revolutionized the Italian wine landscape in the 1940s by planting French grape varieties on the estate's gravelly soils. Driven by a desire to create a noble, Bordeaux-style red wine, the estate pioneered the "Super Tuscan" movement, utilizing French oak barriques for aging to craft wines of exceptional structure and longevity. The estate is internationally legendary for its flagship wine, Sassicaia—a masterful blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc that earned its own unique single-estate appellation, Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC. Alongside this icon, Tenuta San Guido produces Guidalberto, an elegant blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, maintaining an unwavering commitment to elegance, complexity, and terroir-driven expression.