2017 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia
$ 800.00 AUD
Sassicaia is the flagship of Tenuta San Guido and an absolute icon of Italian wine that you'll find in every serious wine collection. The 2010 is an elegant and aromatic blend of mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with a small portion of Cabernet Franc. It's been made to age gracefully and with some cellar time under its belt, this is proving to be an extraordinary release.
Region - Tuscany
Type - Red
Year - 2017
Winery - Best of Italy
Grape - Cabernet Sauvignon
Volume - Standard - 750ml
About the wine
Tasting notes
The 2017 Sassicaia is dark, sensual and rich, which is a good thing, as the tannins - the result of a warm, dry year in which phenolic ripening was difficult to fully reach - are also quite powerful. I tasted the 2017 from an approximate blend from barrel, where the wines are still aging in separate lots. It will be interesting to see where things end up once the wine is in bottle.
Wine descriptors
Captivating and Complex, Earthy and Savoury, Elegant and Fine, For the Cellar, Something Special
Fruit aromas & flavour
Cherries, Dark Berries, Red Berries
Other aromas & flavour
Chocolate, Earth, Florals, Herbals, Meaty, Minerality, Spices
Food pairings
Pork
Cheese
Pizza
Fish
Red Meat
Pasta
BBQ
Vegetables
Poultry
Shellfish
Oysters
Spicy Foods
Cured Meats
Desserts
Cabernet Sauvignon
A red grape variety that is responsible for the most expensive wines on the planet...some fetching over $100, 000 per bottle!!! It is also the worlds most popular style of wine and produces age worthy and concentrated expressions that show notes of potpourri, cassis, black cherry, blackberry, mulberry, raspberry, leafy herbals, green pepper, baking spices, charcoal, graphite and cedar. Most famous for the first growth wines from the Left Bank in Bordeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon is often used as a primary variety for red blends designed to last decades and is a must have style for any serious collector.
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