Sassicaia

The 2020 release of Sassicaia - 85% Cabernet Sauvignon / 15% Cabernet Franc, twenty-four months in French oak barriques with around a third new. 2020 in Bolgheri had a wet, mild autumn-winter, then sharp February cold; March began mild but a late-March Russian front brought freezing nights that damaged early-budding Cabernet Franc, reducing yields and concentrating fruit. Mild spring, warm summer, rapid late-summer maturation forced an early September pick to avoid overripeness. Style: lifted, fresh-acid, fine-grained tannin.