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Sassicaia 2016

Sassicaia 2016
Sassicaia 2016

Bolgheri-Sassicaia DOC, Italy



Community Score: 4.8/5
Community Reviews: 4
 
Price: $316.00
Sweetness: Extra Dry
Alcohol: 14%
 

Drink: 2018-2036

Bottle size: 750 ml
Winery: Sassicaia

Lori Kilmartin WSET3 rated this wine as 95/100 with the following review:

If you have some spare cash on October 27/2019 head to the LCBO. This latest release of Sassicaia will be available in Vintages. Here's your chance to put a bottle (or bottles) of Super Tuscans in your cellar.

It's been said this is a wine to rival the highly acclaimed 1985 vintage. Now, having NOT tasted that bottle I can't compare - but I will say this is a wine worth every cent you will spend on it.

The blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc alone is enough to give pause. Tenuta San Guido's technical sheets say for the climate that: "2016 is a vintage worthy of praise, considered by some even better than the exceptional 2015"

Layers and layers of aromas and flavour; dark brooding fruit; blackberry and black cherry. Spice and herbs, caramel and vanilla. Definitive tannins that are very present but will smooth out with age. Balanced acidity and a long long finish that you want to go on forever.

I've got a few weeks to save up - trust me - I am!!

Tasted September 17/2019 Grand Marchi
 

  


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