2021 Tenuta San Guido ‘Guidalberto’

2021 Tenuta San Guido ‘Guidalberto’

2021 Tenuta San Guido ‘Guidalberto’ According to Tenuta San Guido’s director of winemaking, Carlo Paoli, the 2021 is the best Guidalberto he has ever made. The percentage of Merlot was reduced back to the typical 40% this year because the quality of the Cabernet Sauvignon was so good. The 2021 Guidalberto is very deeply coloured, almost black with a narrow purple rim. It took an hour or so to really open up, but when it did, it had a wonderful range of aromas and flavours. Cassis and blueberry, blue flowers, and violet and iris notes are followed by a palate full of perfectly ripe blackberries and blueberries wrapped in gentle, cream flavours. This is a wine of velvety richness balanced by vivid acidity, with very pure, focused flavours and aromas. Delightful! 95pts Decanter!
A classic blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, the Tenuta San Guido 2021 Guidalberto shows tart cherry fruit with darker tones of blackberry and plum. This vintage delivers especially chiseled and focused fruit characteristics that are elegantly framed by light spice, cola and earth. This vintage shows a heightened sense of intensity and territorial identity that is the hallmark of this storied estate. 94pts Parker’s WA

From the same winery Tenuta San Guido that makes the pinnacle Super Tuscan Sassicaia, we have a great price on the 2021 Guidalberto. Super Tuscan’s make up some of the most iconic full bodied red wines in the world. No wine is more iconic than Sassicaia, one of the great wines of our time that sells for many hundreds of dollars per bottle. The same winery makes this great red that can be had at a fraction of the price. Guidalberto’s name comes from Guidalberto della Gherasdesca, Nicolo Incisa della Rochetta great great great grandfather. He lived in the early nineteenth century in Bolgheri and was a pioneer of modern agriculture, and is famous for having planted the cypress alley that inspired the poet Giosuè Carducci. The Guidalberto is styled very much the same as Sassicaia, the most famous Super Tuscan but in a more ready drinking style. This Cabernet based blend is spectacular in 2021. Vinous calls the wine ‘gorgeous’ and ‘classy’. Winemaker Carlo Paoli, the 2021 is the best vintage he has ever made. We call the wine absolutely delicious!!