The 2022 Guidalberto from Tenuta San Guido is a refined and expressive blend of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, crafted in the same lineage as Sassicaia but in a more approachable and elegant style. The wine opens with aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, and ripe raspberries accented by herbal tones of mint, sage, and rosemary. The palate is vibrant and polished, showing creamy yet crunchy tannins, fresh acidity, and a graceful, saline finish. Medium-bodied with excellent balance and energy, it reflects both the warmth and precision of the vintage.

The Wine Advocate | RP 94
Published: Mar 21, 2024
Drink: 2024-2030

Made with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, the Tenuta San Guido 2022 Guidalberto gives you a good taste of the same DNA that brings us one of Italy's greatest wines, Sassicaia, but it's offered in a more immediate style here (thanks to the addition of the Merlot). This warm vintage opens to medium-dark concentration and very plump aromas that take you immediately to blackberry and blackcurrant sitting out in the sun at your local farmers market. The wine shows a soft and gentle side with a pretty level of elegance transmitted through the fruit freshness and the light oak spice that is discernible here but delivered with grace.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 94
Published: Feb 24, 2024

Lots of mint with sage and fresh rosemary to the currant and orange character on the nose, as well as some ripe raspberries. The palate is very refined with creamy and crunchy tannins that run the length of the wine. It shows a crunchy and energetic personality. Give it a year or two to come together, but it’s showing brightness for the vintage. Drink after 2027.

Decanter | D 93
Published: May 3, 2024
Drink: 2024-2030

Guidalberto used to be great value for money, and even though it's a bit pricier these days, the quality has also improved dramatically in recent vintages as Tenuta San Guido seeks to remove the idea of Guidalberto as a ‘second wine’ by building a dedicated winemaking facility and adjusting the blend. The 2022 is loaded with herbal and sea breeze scents among bright, tangy berries. In the mouth it is saline and precise, with a succulence to the concentrated plum and black berry core, and a gracefulness to the tannic and acid structures which weave through it. Sapid and incredibly moreish, with a beautifully ripe red berry finish, this really does stand up on its own two feet.
Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 13.50%
Body: Medium
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot

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Guidalberto is born as a tribute to the ancestor Guidalberto della Gherardesca, a pioneer of agriculture in the Bolgheri area who, in the early decades of the 1800s, built the first factories and churches and designed the Cypress Avenue.

Guidalberto marks the new millennium: the 2000 vintage appears on the market.The label represents the Oratory of San Guido and the wine is named after the family ancestor Guidalberto della Gherardesca, an agricultural pioneer in the Bolgheri area. It was in the first decades of the 1800’s when he built the first factories, and churches, and planned the avenue of cypress trees, the Viale dei Cipressi. These trees were initially used to mark the boundaries between the different crops. Its ornamental value, with the tall cypresses running in double rows, came after that.