The red wine Sassicaia Bolgheri DOC, vintage 1998 from the winery Tenuta San Guido has been rated in 2012 with 94 Falstaff points. It is a wine made from the grape variety Cabernet Sauvignon from the region Bolgheri in Italy.
Tasting Notes
Deep ruby colour, purple reflections. Very inviting dark berryish confit, fine Swiss milk chocolate, delicate hints of dill. Full-bodied, ripe cherry at the heart, a very Bordeaux-esque Sassicaia, refined, full of fruit, fresh structure, mineral salty, fine nougat on the finish.
More about the tastingBright ruby-purple; fine nose with notes of cassis and cherries; very elegant on the palate, supple, very long, as if from a single mold, very good length. (17,15)
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