
1985 Tenuta San Guido "Sassicaia" Bolgheri (1.5L) (Cut Capsule)
100
Wine Advocate
Review Date: 02/1997I had this wine in a blind tasting - I have had it frequently, and have never failed to give it a perfect rating. At the same time, I have often mis-identified it in blind tastings as the 1986 Mouton-Rothschild. In this tasting, the wine was phenomenal. The color remains an opaque purple. The bouquet is beginning to develop secondary aromas of cedar and truffles to go along with its intense cassis, black-raspberry, blackberry, tarry, toasty personality. Exceptionally dense, concentrated, and full-bodied, this wine possesses layers of concentrated fruit that are beautifully balanced by the wine's sweet tannin and well-integrated acidity. The finish lasts for nearly a minute. A monumental Cabernet Sauvignon, it is one of the greatest wines made this century. Tasting after tasting continues to confirm this wine's surreal level of quality... My best guess for when it will reach full maturity is between 2000-2025. What a wine!
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Professional Reviews
99
Wine Spectator
Review Date: 07/1996
JR
Jancis Robinson
Review Date: 03/2010
Notes
More recently, Antonio Galloni, writing in the Wine Advocate's "In the Cellar," noted: "This wine was impressive for its deep color, fresh aromatics and vibrant flavors. It offered attractive plummy fruit, cassis and toasted oak notes on a medium-bodied frame with excellent length and fine, silky tannins, conveying an impression of understated elegance. Readers fortunate enough to own this wine can look forward to at least another decade of prime drinking." (5/2006)
Product Details
Origin: Super Tuscan, Tuscany, Italy
Type/Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends
SKU: #1978187

