Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia 2018
0,75 l, a Proprietary Blend Dry Red Table wine from Tuscany, Italy, alcohol content: 13,5%, grape variety: 85 % Cabernet Sauvignon and 15 % Cabernet Franc
Alkoholgrad: 13,5% vol.
Allergene: Sulfite, Spuren von Eiweiß
Abfüller/Erzeuger: Tenuta San Guido • CITAI S.P.A.• Loc. le Capanne 27 • I-57022 Bolgheri, Italien
Ample, sweet and expansive, the 2003 Sassicaia offers generous notes of sweet dark fruit intermingled with notes of spices, herbs, earthiness and smoke in a full-bodied, opulent expression of this wine. It is an outstanding effort for the vintage. Some cellaring is suggested although with air this wine is drinking beautifully right now. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2023. Niccolo Incisa della Rocchetta is upbeat about his 2003s. “Of course it was a very hot, dry vintage, but under these circumstances Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc tended to perform better than other varietals such as Merlot. I am happy with the balance of our Sassicaia although clearly we can’t call it a ‘classic’ vintage. Sassicaia is a wine that needs bottle age to show its full potential and I am confident the 2003 will age well. Today it reminds me most of the 1978.” Importer: Kobrand Corp., New York, NY; tel. (212) 490-9300
