83 Cellar Tracker

Based on 6 notes and 5 scores from 6 users. As of 5/17/15

92 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

"Aromas of ripe blackberries, cassis, roasted hazelnuts, cedar, graphite and bark. Full-bodied with grainy, chewy tannins around a core of ripe dark berries. Structured and long. Better after 2025."

91 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Juicy and plummy with chocolate and walnut character. Medium body, round tannins and a savory finish. Drink now.

92 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

"A juicy and open Brunello with lovely purity of fruit. Medium-bodied with aromas of plums, sour cherries, chocolate orange and cardamom spice. Silky tannins and a rounded, tasty finish. Drink or hold."

91 winescritic.com

"Raspberries, currants, cherries, wild strawberries, white musk and green mandarin peel. Medium bodied, biting tannins and a finale of optimum workmanship, graceful and luminous. Drink now."

93 Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

Attractively ripe and inviting, the bouquet shows apricot, rockmelon, grapefruit and oatmeal characters, leading to a beautifully rounded palate offering creamy texture backed by bright acidity, making it stylish and highly enjoyable. At its best: now to 2027.

92 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

A fragrant nose of mulberries, blackcurrants, cedar, dried herbs and dried spices. Full body with chewy tannins and vivid acidity. Vibrant, crunchy and fleshy with plenty of fruits and a flavorful finish. A little hot at the end. Drink from 2023.

95 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

More pure cassis, graphite, violets, and lead pencil notes emerge from the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Magnifica, a rich, medium to full-bodied, impeccably put together red from this estate and winemaker Julien Fayard. Opening up beautifully with time in the glass, it has a classic, round, sexy 2019 mouthfeel, velvety tannins, background oak, and a great finish. It’s a clear standout in this lineup and will evolve for 15-20 years.

100 Monica Larner - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Here it is: A quintessential Sassicaia that represents the excellence of the vintage and also respects the unique taste profile of this distinguished Tuscan blend of Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc. The Tenuta San Guido 2021 Bolgheri Sassicaia offers impeccable balance, excellent freshness and absolutely no signs of over-ripeness. The fruit balance is ideal with a hint of crunch and lasting tension from pulp and skins. The tannins are deftly managed with firm grip and enough velvetiness to add volume and length. There is no greenness on the bouquet that instead offers mulled herbs and spice, with cinnamon and clove, layered delicately between mostly red and some purple berry fruits. Redcurrant, blueberry, sweet pomegranate and Rainier cherry run strong in this vintage. A fragrant hint of heritage rose emerges with time. The oak tones are geared toward gingerbread, hazelnut, cigar, sandalwood and something like a grilled sweet red pepper. To the palate, it offers nice weight with no heavy glycerin, and a rinse of acidity that adds to the wine’s natural energy, brightness and viscosity. That marked freshness opens the wine up to long aging potential, but you still need to give it more time in bottle.

99-100 Decanter

In 2021, ‘we had a nicely paced harvest... surely a very fortunate vintage for us, for Bolgheri,’ said Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta at the launch in London of the 2021 vintage of Sassicaia. Welcome rain in mid-August came at just the right time to save the harvest, and production ended up being slightly higher than in 2020. Around eight to 10 separate vinifications were made, fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and spontaneous malo. The wines were racked to second- and third-use barriques in December 2021, then racked into a mixture of new and used barriques in March 2022. The last step was to make the final blend in stainless tanks, where the wine underwent micro-oxygenation before bottling and further maturation in bottle. Rich dark fruit and herb aromatics are pockmarked by blueberry and petrichor, leading into an intense and vertical palate that's super-fresh with a delightful breezy, saline character. Textured, integrated tannins emphasise the refinement of Sassicaia, showing just a touch of youthful dustiness. Tangy, bright black, blue and red berry fruits overlay underlying hints of dark chocolate and forest undergrowth in a remarkably precise fashion, with pomegranate and a stony minerality surfacing on the mid-palate. 2021 demonstrates lovely sapidity of fruit along with that characteristic freshness and lightness of step, finishing long and poised. Superb. 99-100.

99 Kerin O'Keefe - kerinokeefe.com

The gorgeous 2021 Sassicaia stuns with its class, extreme elegance, energy and depth. It’s remarkably fragrant, featuring enticing aromas of cassis, cedar blue flower, exotic spice and a whiff of sea breeze. The delicious palate is focused and loaded with finesse, delivering ripe raspberry, black currant, blood orange, star anise a hint of coffee bean accompanied by taut, fine-grained tannins. Bright acidity gives it racy tension and provides impeccable balance and serious aging potential. Drink 2029–2041. Abv: 14% Kerin O’Keefe January 2024 ©kerinokeefe.com

92 Vinous Media - Vinous

“Pale and tender pink in the glass, the 2023 Rosé rushes the mouth with lively, almost spritzy acidity. Generous and tropical in its aromatics and flavors, the mix of tart pineapple, chamomile, white cherry, mint and salty sea spray is particularly enticing. What strikes me most about the 2023 is its balance. The finish is quite long—this is everything I want from Provençal Rosé.”

90 Wine Enthusiast

This smoothly textured wine is sustained by solid tannins and balanced black fruits. A dense texture is an important element for this wine's development. Drink from 2025.

93 Wine Spectator

This leaps out of the glass, with expressive, intense fruit flavors of silky smooth lemon meringue, mango, tangerine and fresh-cut apple. Candied ginger and green tea notes join a detail of salted lime before lingering on the mouthwatering finish. Drink now. 100,000 cases made, 65,000 cases imported.

95 Joaquín Hidalgo - Vinous Media

"The 2012 Viña Tondonia is a blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Mazuelo and Graciano, cultivated on the meander of the Ebro River in Rioja Alta. This garnet wine reveals aromas of ash and plum marmalade, with a faintly herbal core and hints of oaky cedar. Dry and lean, the fairly chalky texture lingers long, concluding with a compact, flavorful and lasting finish. The 2012 is a beautiful old-school Rioja."

95 Luis Gutierrez - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"The 2012 Viña Tondonia Reserva comes from a very dry year, with 25% less rain than the average (at the time), resulting in lower yields of very healthy grapes that delivered wines with nice balance between alcohol and polyphenols, making it very apt for the aging in barrel. It had a slightly longer élevage in barrel, six years. The wine is aromatic with a developed profile, spicy and tertiary (forest floor, a touch of brick dust and iodine), complex and nuanced. The palate is full and round, with polished tannins and a long, dry finish. It has a textbook Tondonia nose and profile. 250,000 bottles produced."

94 Mark Squires - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2015 Touriga Nacional Quinta da Falorca is a blend with more than 30 clones of Touriga Nacional from three different vineyards and was aged for 18 months in new French oak. It comes in at 14% alcohol. Fresh and expressive of its grape in flavor, it is also very aromatic and bright. This is an elegant Touriga that eschews jammy fruit. It goes for elegance, silky texture and liveliness more than big concentration in mouthfeel. This is a sunny delight and a little exuberant right now. It is more graceful than the typical 2015, it seems. This should improve nicely with age. Whatever the final result, it is a perfect food wine, and it will be a pleasure to drink. It is quite drinkable today, but it will continue to develop. Holding it another year or two would help. There were 7,200 bottles produced.