Sassicaia 2007 150cl

The 2007 Sassicaia (Cabernet Sauvignon) explodes onto the palate with masses of rich, opulent fruit that caress the palate with gorgeous length and a seamless beauty that is hard to fully capture. Dark wild cherries, plums, spices, minerals and herbs develop in the glass. This is an especially bold, perhaps slightly uncharacteristic Sassicaia in its extroverted personality, but it is beautiful all the same. The inner perfume and sweetness carries through the long finish, where the sheer weight and glycerol of the fruit leaves a lasting impression. The 2007 is more than a worthy follow-up to the profound 2006. While it may lack that wine?s freshness, structure and potential longevity, the 2007 is immensely appealing today, and should drink beautifully pretty much out of the gate. That said, Sassicaia is always the most restrained of Bolgheri?s heavy hitters. This is a superb effort from Tenuta San Guido. Anticipated maturity: 2015-2037.

2007 Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri-Sassicaia: This is classy on the nose with subtle currant, sweet tobacco, cigar box and dried flowers. Cassis too. Full body, with refined tannins and a solid core of fruit. Polished and very pretty. Long and delicious already. But you have to wait on this. It has so much more to give. Try after 2015.

Very enticing aromas of spices, meat and berries. Full-bodied and juicy, soft and velvety, with a long, succulent finish. Best after 2011. 20,000 cases made. –BS

Blutrot- Granat, eher matt. Malzig-erdiges Bouquet, Kochschokolade, irgendwie fruchtlos, ja fast gemüsig. Er kompensiert dies mit einer eher dumpfen Terroirexpression. Im Gaumen gerundet, Schmelz zeigend, eine gewisse Bordeaux-Affinität vermittelt (im ziemlich alten Stil…). Die Tannine sind noch leicht mehlig und er scheint just vor dem Genusspunkt zu sein. Mehrere Stunden dekantieren. 17/20 trinken – 2030