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Guidalberto is the second wine of Tenuta San Guido, the Sassicaia estate: a Bolgheri blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot aged 15 months in French and American oak. Plum and blackcurrant fruit, tobacco and sweet oak, firm but polished tannin.
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Tasting Notes
Inside Guidalberto, the Bolgheri Cabernet-Merlot from Tenuta San Guido
Tenuta San Guido builds Guidalberto on Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grown on limestone, lime-rich clay and pebble soils at 100 to 300 metres above Bolgheri. Fifteen months in French and American oak barrels shape its oak, plum and tobacco.
Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
6 June 2026
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Cabernet Sauvignon
BodyLight / Full
TanninsSmooth / Grippy
SweetnessDry / Sweet
AciditySoft / Crisp
Nose
Guidalberto opens on oak, vanilla and tobacco, set against plum and blackcurrant from its Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Tenuta San Guido's 15 months in small barrels, part-French and part-American, push a sweet cedar and gentle balsamic edge over the dark fruit. Violet and a leather-and-earth undertone sit beneath.
Violet
Black cherry
Blackcurrant
Plum
Tobacco
Leather
Oak
Vanilla
Palate
Cabernet Sauvignon carries firm, fine-grained tannin. Merlot, picked first off the estate's warmer plots, fills the mid-palate with rounder plum and black cherry. The limestone, lime-rich clay and pebble soils at 100 to 300 metres keep acidity bright. So the 2022's hot, dry season reads as ripe rather than heavy at 13.5 percent alcohol. Sweet oak from the small barrels, 40 percent of them new, frames a savoury, gravelly core.
Finish
The close is medium-long. Tobacco and cedar trail the dark fruit, with a fine gravel-and-tar grip in the 2022. Polished tannin and Bolgheri's salty edge keep it fresh rather than drying.
Overall
Guidalberto is the second wine of Tenuta San Guido, the Sassicaia estate, and it pleases reliably. Drinkers like it, year after year, for its oak-framed dark fruit and balanced structure. Carlo Paoli, the estate's head of winemaking, calls it full and satisfying with long-term ageing potential. But it is built to drink well young, ideally within six years of harvest.
Drink nowBest by 2030
Live UK pricing
Buying Guidalberto: the Sassicaia estate's second wine in Bolgheri
Guidalberto sits a tier below Sassicaia from the same Tenuta San Guido cellar, which is why it is widely stocked across UK and Italian merchants. Recent vintages list around the mid-fifties to low-sixties per bottle here.
Best price · 75 cl£42.17at 8wines
Price spread · 75cl
£42.17 - £69.00 Across 13 UK retailers with 75cl in stock
Per-litre (75cl basis)£56.23Lowest current 75cl offer
Last checked22 Oct 2026Refreshed once every 24 hours
Other formats: 3 price lines
Magnum 150cl · 2023:
£117.00,
1 UK retailer
Magnum 150cl · 2024:
£110.00,
1 UK retailer
Double magnum 300cl · 2024:
£275.00,
1 UK retailer
Wine fit score
How Guidalberto scores as an Italian wine
A Bolgheri Cabernet-Merlot from the Sassicaia estate scores high for food and occasion and mid-pack for everyday value at its mid-sixty-pound price.
Best with food8.8/10
Cabernet tannin with bright limestone-soil acidity and Merlot flesh make Guidalberto a strong, versatile match for Tuscan roast meats and aged cheese.
Best for an occasion8.5/10
The Tenuta San Guido name, Bolgheri pedigree and Sassicaia association make Guidalberto a confident choice for a dinner or gift.
Best intro to this style6.0/10
An approachable Cabernet-Merlot blend, but its oak-forward style and premium price make it less of an easy first Italian red than an indigenous-grape classic.
Best for cellar6.0/10
Fifteen months in small oak barrels, 40 percent new, give real structure. Yet Guidalberto is built to drink young, roughly within six years of harvest, rather than for long cellaring.
Best value5.8/10
At around 55 to 63 pounds it is priced above most Toscana IGT reds, fair for the Tenuta San Guido name but not a bargain.
Best everyday bottle2.8/10
A mid-sixty-pound Sassicaia-estate red is a treat bottle, not a weeknight pour.
Guidalberto vintages: 2022, 2023 and 2024 from Tenuta San Guido
The 2022 was made in a hot, dry Bolgheri summer broken by mid-August rain; the 2023 is cooler and fresher. Each is a near-term Cabernet-Merlot built for the table.
2024Current release
Best price
£42.17
Retailers
8 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now
through 2032
The latest Guidalberto release from Tenuta San Guido, carrying an early 92-point Wine-Searcher critic average. Still building its track record with drinkers; the estate's 15-month barrique programme means the 2024 will reward a little patience before it shows its plum and tobacco depth.
2023Previous release
Best price
£44.10
Retailers
6 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now
through 2031
A cooler, fresher Bolgheri season than 2022, drawing a 93-point Wine-Searcher critic average and rated a top year for the wine by Vivino drinkers. Deep purple-red with lavender, blackcurrant and thyme over a saline, well-integrated palate. Give it a year or two for the oak to settle.
2022Previous release
Best price
£44.63
Retailers
3 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now
through 2030
A hot, dry Bolgheri summer with no rain until a mid-August perturbation; Tenuta San Guido harvested Merlot from 23 August and Cabernet Sauvignon through September. Ripe, generous fruit with firm but polished tannin, carrying a 92-point Wine-Searcher critic average. Drinking well now.
2021Sold through
Best price
not listed
Retailers
0 in stock
2021Sold through
Best price
not listed
Retailers
0 in stock
2022Previous release
Best price
£44.63
Retailers
3 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now
through 2030
A hot, dry Bolgheri summer with no rain until a mid-August perturbation; Tenuta San Guido harvested Merlot from 23 August and Cabernet Sauvignon through September. Ripe, generous fruit with firm but polished tannin, carrying a 92-point Wine-Searcher critic average. Drinking well now.
2023Previous release
Best price
£44.10
Retailers
6 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now
through 2031
A cooler, fresher Bolgheri season than 2022, drawing a 93-point Wine-Searcher critic average and rated a top year for the wine by Vivino drinkers. Deep purple-red with lavender, blackcurrant and thyme over a saline, well-integrated palate. Give it a year or two for the oak to settle.
2024Current release
Best price
£42.17
Retailers
8 in stock
ABV
13.5%
Window
Drink now
through 2032
The latest Guidalberto release from Tenuta San Guido, carrying an early 92-point Wine-Searcher critic average. Still building its track record with drinkers; the estate's 15-month barrique programme means the 2024 will reward a little patience before it shows its plum and tobacco depth.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
The disciplinare, the place, the label
Why Guidalberto is priced where it is
Guidalberto carries the Tenuta San Guido name, a manual harvest and 15 months in small oak barrels, 40 percent of them new. All of that sits behind a Toscana IGT red that trades around 55 to 63 pounds in the UK.
01
DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Toscana is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
02
The denomination rules, in detail
Allowed grapes. Varieties not yet recorded
Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03
Region and area context
Toscana falls within
Tuscany, covering Arezzo · Firenze · Grosseto · Livorno · Lucca · Massa Carrara · Pisa · Pistoia · Prato · Siena.
What sits behind the price of Tenuta San Guido Guidalberto
Tracked from
£42.17
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
5 up / 1 down
Main factor
The Tenuta San Guido and Sassicaia name
01
The Tenuta San Guido and Sassicaia name
Cost up
Guidalberto is the second wine of the estate that makes Sassicaia. That pedigree is the single biggest reason it trades near 55 pounds rather than the 15 to 20 pounds of a typical Toscana IGT red.
02
Manual harvest in two passes
Cost up
Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon are hand-picked off the estate's Bolgheri vineyards in separate passes from late August into September. Field and cellar sorting tables follow. All of it is labour that raises the cost per bottle.
03
Fifteen months in barrique, 40 percent new oak
Cost up
Ageing 15 months in 225-litre French and American oak barrels with 40 percent new wood ties up expensive barrels and cellar space. The Toscana IGT rules do not require it; the estate chooses it.
04
Bolgheri limestone and marl vineyard land
Cost up
The complex limestone, lime-rich clay and pebble soils at 100 to 300 metres in Bolgheri are among Tuscany's most sought-after and priciest vineyard sites. That feeds directly into the bottle price.
05
UK duty and VAT
Cost up
On a 55-pound bottle, UK excise duty is 2.67 pounds for still wine up to 15 percent ABV, plus 20 percent VAT. Together they account for well over a tenner before the wine itself is paid for.
06
Toscana IGT, not a DOCG tier
Cost down
Guidalberto sits under the flexible Toscana IGT rules rather than a yield-capped, tasting-gated DOCG, which keeps it more affordable than its quality and estate would otherwise command.
01
The Tenuta San Guido and Sassicaia name
Cost up
Guidalberto is the second wine of the estate that makes Sassicaia. That pedigree is the single biggest reason it trades near 55 pounds rather than the 15 to 20 pounds of a typical Toscana IGT red.
02
Manual harvest in two passes
Cost up
Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon are hand-picked off the estate's Bolgheri vineyards in separate passes from late August into September. Field and cellar sorting tables follow. All of it is labour that raises the cost per bottle.
03
Fifteen months in barrique, 40 percent new oak
Cost up
Ageing 15 months in 225-litre French and American oak barrels with 40 percent new wood ties up expensive barrels and cellar space. The Toscana IGT rules do not require it; the estate chooses it.
04
Bolgheri limestone and marl vineyard land
Cost up
The complex limestone, lime-rich clay and pebble soils at 100 to 300 metres in Bolgheri are among Tuscany's most sought-after and priciest vineyard sites. That feeds directly into the bottle price.
05
UK duty and VAT
Cost up
On a 55-pound bottle, UK excise duty is 2.67 pounds for still wine up to 15 percent ABV, plus 20 percent VAT. Together they account for well over a tenner before the wine itself is paid for.
06
Toscana IGT, not a DOCG tier
Cost down
Guidalberto sits under the flexible Toscana IGT rules rather than a yield-capped, tasting-gated DOCG, which keeps it more affordable than its quality and estate would otherwise command.
Cabernet structure, Merlot flesh: dishes that fit Guidalberto
Guidalberto pairs firm Cabernet Sauvignon tannin and bright acidity with the rounder fruit Merlot brings. It is built for Tuscan roast meats and aged cheese rather than delicate or chilli-led plates.
Tannin softeningStrong match
Tuscan grilled and roast beef
Guidalberto's firm Cabernet Sauvignon tannin needs protein and fat to soften against. The char and marbling of a Bolgheri-style grilled steak bind those tannins, letting the Merlot fruit come forward. This is the estate's home pairing in coastal Tuscany.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Bollito dei Pastori · Beef wellington · More pairings →
Fat cuttingStrong match
Roast pork and lamb
The bright acidity the limestone and lime-rich clay soils give Guidalberto cuts through the fat of slow-roast pork and grazing lamb. Cabernet structure stands up to the richness while Merlot keeps the match round, not austere. Lamb and cured meat are the natural calls with this wine.
Try with: Porchetta · Porceddu · Arrosticini · Spezzatino di pecora · More pairings →
Body matchingGood match
Baked pasta and meat ragu
Guidalberto's medium-full body and 15 months in small oak barrels match the weight of a layered, slow-cooked ragu without burying it. The dark plum fruit echoes the tomato-and-meat depth while the tannin resets the palate between forkfuls. A classic central-Italian table red role.
Try with: Lasagna · Pasta alla Norma · Pappa al Pomodoro · More pairings →
Aromatic bridgeGood match
Truffle and earthy autumn plates
The leather, smoke and earth in Guidalberto bridge straight to truffle and forest-floor flavours. Sweet cedar from the American-oak share of the barrels lifts the aroma rather than fighting it. Best with the 2022 or older, where the savoury notes have opened.
Try with: Tagliatelle al tartufo di Acqualagna · Cotoletta alla Milanese · More pairings →
Salt balanceGood match
Aged hard cheese
The salt and crystalline bite of a long-aged cheese is balanced by Guidalberto's ripe black fruit and Bolgheri's salty edge. Cabernet tannin scrubs the palate clean of the fat, so each bite tastes fresh. A simple, reliable end to a meal with this bottle.
Guidalberto's firm tannin and oak amplify chilli burn and turn metallic against oily or delicate fish, while its dark structure flattens lighter dishes. For spice-led or seafood plates, reach for a Vermentino di Bolgheri or an aromatic Tuscan white instead.
Skip with: Chicken tikka masala · Chicken pad thai · grilled sardines · oysters · Pairing guide →
Drinking + cellar
Cellaring Guidalberto from Tenuta San Guido
Carlo Paoli, head of winemaking at Tenuta San Guido, points to the wine's structure and potential for long-term ageing. Even so, Guidalberto is designed to drink well young, within roughly six years of harvest.
Drinking window
2026 → 2032
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
Decanting
1 hour
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Serving temperature
16-18°C
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
Cellar potential
Medium
Fifteen months in small oak barrels, 40 percent new, give real structure. Yet Guidalberto is built to drink young, roughly within six years of harvest, rather than for long cellaring.
Buy now or wait?
Buy now
£42.17 for a 75cl bottle of the 2024, at 8wines, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
Sources & trust
Where the Guidalberto facts come from
Prices & stock
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Last refresh: 22 Oct 2026, 02:57 BST.
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Confidence · High
Tasting notes
Drawn from published drinker ratings, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing
From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs
Our reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential
Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · Medium
Related
Tenuta San Guido, Bolgheri and Guidalberto's connections
Guidalberto is the second wine of Tenuta San Guido, the Bolgheri estate behind Sassicaia. It is a Toscana IGT red blended from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, first released with the 2000 vintage and named after the family ancestor Guidalberto della Gherardesca.
Guidalberto is a Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot blend. The Cabernet brings firm tannin and structure while the Merlot, picked first off the estate's warmer plots, adds rounder plum and black cherry fruit and softness.
Expect plum and blackcurrant fruit framed by oak, vanilla and tobacco. Leather and earth sit underneath, with firm but polished tannin and bright acidity from the estate's limestone soils.
Tenuta San Guido ferments the hand-harvested grapes in stainless steel with no added yeasts. The wine then ages 15 months in 225-litre small oak barrels, mostly French with a small American-oak share and 40 percent new wood, before a final period in glass.
Guidalberto is built to drink well young, ideally within about six years of the vintage. The 2022 is drinking now; the fresher 2023 will reward a year or two more. The estate notes it also has the structure for longer keeping if you prefer.
Recent Guidalberto vintages list around 55 to 63 pounds a bottle at UK merchants. That places it well above most Toscana IGT reds, reflecting the Tenuta San Guido name and its standing as the Sassicaia estate's second wine.
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