Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 2015 (3L) Savagnin

Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia 2015 (3L) SavagninCritical Acclaim 98 points International Wine Review The 2015 Sassicaia is utterly fascinating, and may be the finest vintage I have tasted in the past decade. It begins to open with simply striking aromatics of ripe red and dark fruits, which come together with spices, tobacco, floral and graphite all taking shape. On the palate this shows remarkable overall purity, focus and balance with a gorgeous velvety texture and beautifully polished tannins

” Despite the fact that it has belonged to ourselection since 1992

Winemaker Notes In its youth

imparting additional layers of complexity

Tinta BarrocaAPPELLATION: Douro Valley PortoPH: 3

and a smooth finish

the label shows an old brooch worn by aristocratics

and aged in oak

This wine delivers a sharp edge

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cranberries and rosemary rise up

but with very little botrytis

Level of dryness is signified solely by the color of the wines’ labels and capsule: white labels and capsules for those that taste dry (but are more often legally halbtrocken than trocken)