GUIDALBERTO 2000
Tenuta San Guido is much better known by the name of its most famous wine: Sassicaia. The estate is located in the Tuscany region of Maremma, Italy, and has its own single-estate DOC appellation (Bolgheri Sassicaia) applied to its flagship wine. Sassicaia, one of the original Super Tuscan wines, is made from Cabernet Sauvignon with a small amount of Cabernet Franc. The grapes that go into making Sassicaia are picked just before reaching full maturity, which contributes to the finesse and fragrance as well as to lower alcohol content. After two weeks of fermentation in stainless steel tanks, the wine is aged for around 24 months in French oak barrels, of which around 20% are new.
Tenuta San Guido also makes Guidalberto and Le Difese from declassified fruit from Sassicaia and other vineyards on the estate; these two wines are classified IGT Toscana. In collaboration with the Santadi Co-op, the estate also owns Agricola Punica in Sardinia.
Guidalberto is the second wine from Tenuta San Guido. The 2000 is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (40%), Merlot (40%) and Sangiovese (20%). The manual harvest began with the Merlot in the first days of September, then the Cabernet Sauvignon in mid-September. The bunches and berries of the grapes are sorted manually before gentle pressing and destemming to prevent berry breakage and excessive release of tannins. Alcoholic fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks without the addition of external yeasts. The maceration lasted about 12 days. The wine is aged for 15 months in American and French oak barrels, with 1/3 new barrels. It is aged for an additional 3 months in the bottle.
Grape varieties: 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 20% Sangiovese