Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia 2016 Bolgheri Tuscany 750ml/Btl 6/case

Description

Monica Larner: The 2016 Sassicaia is a wine of soaring achievement.
I tasted this wine several times during the course of its creation
in both barrel and bottle, and the highly deserved 100-point score
you see here was enthusiastically assigned at the conclusion of a
mini vertical in which I tasted and compared the 2016 vintage
against 2015 (which I scored 97 points). It makes perfect sense to
present these two excellent vintages in back-to-back comparison
fashion because they are two of the best to emerge from Bolgheri,
and indeed Tenuta San Guido, in recent memory. These are very
similar vintages with long, hot summer months that fueled a long
growing season. There was a bit more rain in 2016, and in
analytical terms this vintage has a tad more acidity. However, the
results in the glass are extraordinarily different. The 2015
vintage is exuberant, round, succulent and immediate, whereas the
2016 vintage shows pinpoint sharpness and precision (with similar
grit and texture at the back). That acidity will carry it long into
the future as the wine completes its slow evolutionary course. This
wine is chiseled and sharp with blackberry, ripe cherry, grilled
herb and barbecue spice. The aromas flow from the glass in a
continuous stream and are all marked by radiant intensity. The
mouthfeel is long and powerful. The crisp linearity of the wine's
tannic backbone is perfectly measured to the volume and depth of
the fruit flavors. To my mind, the 2016 Sassicaia stands tall next
to the epic 1985 vintage that set the ultimate benchmark for vino
italiano.

Wine Specs

• Vintage: 2016
• Producer: Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia
• Region: Tuscany / Bolgheri, Italy
• Volume: 750ml
• Case Size: 6/case

Supplier: WineCave (Dropship)