Caractéristiques
- Pays:
- Italie
- Région:
- Toscane
- Appellation précise:
- Bolgheri
- Millésime:
- 2019
- Couleur:
- Rouge
- Type de vin:
- Sec
- Format:
- Bouteille de 75cl
- Cépage(s):
- 83% Cabernet Sauvignon et 17% Cabernet Franc
- Terroir:
- Sols calcaires riches en argile et pierres
- Vendanges:
- Manuelles
- Vinification:
- Doux pressage des raisins et la fermentation en acier de température contrôlée autour de 30°
Dégustation et Garde
- Boire à partir de :
- 2024
- Apogée :
- 2034-2044
- Boire avant :
- 2049+
- Conseil de service :
- Carafer longuement
- Servir à :
- 17-18°
Description
Sassicaia de la Tenuta San Guido, c’est l’histoire d’un vin devenu un mythe pour le Cabernet Sauvignon de la Toscane en Italie. Sassicaia signifie (« lieu de pierres » en italien). La similarité avec les sols de graves du Médoc donne l’idée de se détacher du traditionnel encépagement de la région en plantant les cépages du typique assemblage bordelais (Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc et Petit Verdot).
Millésime 2019 exceptionnel pour l’indétrônable Sassicaia. On lui trouve un nez plus voluptueux et clairement plus précis que sur 2018. Le premier nez, toujours très noble, évoque le cuir de Russie, la boîte à cigare et le cèdre. On retrouve presque la trame d’un 1er de Saint-Emilion dans une ambiance évidemment plus méditerranéenne. Bouquet très évolutif et complexe dans le verre : petits fruits rouges, cerises à l’eau de vie, cassis fraîche, lys, violette et noisette/tonka. En bouche, c’est une main de fer dans un gant de velours. Son immense sapidité développe des saveurs à la fois fraîches et compotées. Les tanins pleins de finesse laissent place à une longueur impressionnante. Garde de 30 ans à minima.
Suggestion gourmande
Côte de veau aux sarments, pommes rôties à la crème de truffe.
Avis des Experts
James Suckling
"The purity of cabernet sauvignon fruit is exceptional here, with character and sensibility that’s reminiscent of some of the great Sassicaias from the 1980s, such as 1982 or 1988. But this is much more precise and clean. Aromas and flavors of currants and berries with cedar and earth. Sage and minty character, too. It’s full-bodied yet there’s so much polish and balance, together with structure, elegance, and refinement. Hard not to drink at this stage, yet give it time and respect. This will be a classic Sass and reminds me why I love this wine. Try after 2026."
The Wine Advocate
"The 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 aromas, tarry earth and brushes of balsam herb or grilled rosemary. Sassicaia always shows an almost-glossy finely knit quality to the polished mouthfeel, and I find it again here next to fresh acidity and firm tannins. Mouthfeel in 2019 is the wine's strongest suit. The 2019 is one of the prettiest and most balanced editions of Sassicaia we've seen this past decade, along with the back-to-back duo of 2016 and 2015. The 2019 marries the precision of the 2016 with the rich fruit weight of the 2015."
Wine Enthusiast
"Aromas of exotic spice, baked plum and French oak mingle with camphor and blue flower on the nose. This boasts extraordinary elegance and freshness despite the hot vintage, delivering flavors of juicy Marasca cherry, spiced blueberry, tobacco and licorice. Velvety, fine-grained tannins provide support while coffee and crushed mint linger on the finish. Drink 2022–2032."
Vinous
"The 2017 Sassicaia is dark, sensual and rich, which is a good thing, as the tannins - the result of a warm, dry year in which phenolic ripening was difficult to fully reach - are also quite powerful. I tasted the 2017 from an approximate blend from barrel, where the wines are still aging in separate lots. It will be interesting to see where things end up once the wine is in bottle."
L'indétrônable super toscan !