Sassicaia 2018395. 00 per bottle RETAIL IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ABV 13. 5% "This is a classic vintage of an Italian icon now celebrating its 50th vintage. The Tenuta San Guido 2018 Bolgheri Sassicaia lays out a familiar blueprint that borrows from the proven track record of this landmark estate that extends into the hills just beyond the Tyrrhenian shores of Tuscany. This vintage is crystalline and pure in its delivery, and if you are familiar with previous editions, it

SHORT HISTORY: This is a negoce wine from the prestigious Guibert Family who began planting here in 1971

Owner - Jean-François Moueix

April 2014

Full of ripe fruit with a stylish edge of vitality

This RD is an age-defying beauty

and from wines that do not meet the selection criteria for Forts de Latour (specific to each vintage)

Serve with Burrata and organic beef tomatoes

accompanied by notes of leather

when the components were aged separately and then blended just before bottling

though maybe I discern a little more complexity on Denis' two Lalande-de-Pomerols

baked plums and Christmas cake notes plus hints of unsmoked cigars and bouquet garni

Delicious and indulgently fruity on the palate with suggestions of spice and minerality