2012 Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido, Bolgheri Sassicaia, Tuscany, Italy Size:75cl hazelnuts and chalk

hazelnuts and chalk

and the flavours of concentrated and caramelised fruit are in perfect balance

earlier drinking wines

crushed flowers and spice fill out the layers nicely in a gentle

The 172eme is a Champagne of understatement and class that is very much a reflection of the base year

2012 Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido, Bolgheri Sassicaia, Tuscany, Italy Size:75cl hazelnuts and chalkA new vintage of Sassicaia is always a treat and is never a disappointment. Cool, yet ripe Cabernet fruit provides great promise for the wine to come. On the palate that delicious coolness is there again, but theres no hint of the hard edge that one might expect from such a cool wine, in fact ripeness of fruit is abundant. Its more about the restrained sophistication of the style of this wine, incredibly elegant and fine, this is very impressive. All