Tenuta San Guido Le Difese 2024
Toscana IGT
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Le Difese is from the same stable as Italy’s most celebrated red, Sassicaia. With a classic Super Tuscan Cabernet Sauvignon core paired with Sangiovese, it’s a fresh, silky, oaked red of supreme quality. Earlier drinking and at a more modest price.
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£125.00 * 1 case (6 bottles)
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Wine Details
- Red - Full Bodied
- Fine wine
Italy- Cabernet-based blend
- 10.1175 Units
- 13.49% ABV
- 31 December 2032
The Story Behind the Bottle
It's almost 50 years since a little-known red called Sassicaia hit the spotlight, when it trumped the finest classed growth châteaux of Bordeaux in a blind tasting of Cabernet Sauvignon held by experts. It was the creation of Mario Incisa della Rocchettta, founder of Tenuta San Guido, who first planted Cabernet Sauvignon in 1944, inspired by the fine wines of Bordeaux. This was the wine that started the Super Tuscan movement and would go on to become one of the greatest and most celebrated reds of Italy. Le Difese is a blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon which includes selected lots from Sassicaia and Guidalberto and is made in an earlier drinking (and more affordable) style to its 100-point sibling. Silky, elegant and intense.
It's almost 50 years since a little-known red called Sassicaia hit the spotlight, when it trumped the finest classed growth châteaux of Bordeaux in a blind tasting of Cabernet Sauvignon held by experts. It was the creation of Mario Incisa della Rocchettta, founder of Tenuta San Guido, who first planted Cabernet Sauvignon in 1944, inspired by the fine wines of Bordeaux. This was the wine that started the Super Tuscan movement and would go on to become one of the greatest and most celebrated reds of Italy. Le Difese is a blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon which includes selected lots from Sassicaia and Guidalberto and is made in an earlier drinking (and more affordable) style to its 100-point sibling. Silky, elegant and intense.
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