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Sassicaia broke ground when the 1968 vintage came on the market in the early 1970s.
Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta created Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia.
He was a Piemontese vine-grower who moved to the Tuscan estate inherited by his Gherardesca wife (sister of Piero Antinori’s mother) in 1943.
In those days, friends and family consumed the wine produced, or it was sold privately, in barrel and in certain years in bottle.
But the reputation, especially of the aged wine, grew.
In 1970, Mario’s son Nicolò managed to persuade his father to call in the Antinori cousins as professionals.
Since then, it has acquired a reputation, in most but not all cases justified, for having achieved a number of “firsts.”
Experts generally consider it first among Italian wines.
It is half-true that Sassicaia was the first “Super Tuscan”: the 1968 was contemporaneous with Enzo Morganti’s all-Sangiovese Vigorello.
Sassicaia certainly became the first barrique-aged wine of Italy.
It became the first great Italian cabernet.
And it became the first Italian wine – with the 1985 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia – to receive 100 points from the influential US wine critic Robert Parker.
Sassicaia 1972 price at Arden Fine Wines
The 1972 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia gained international fame as a renowned and historic vintage.
Despite coming from a challenging year in Europe, it produced a surprisingly excellent and complex wine.
It is a legend in the world of Italian wines and a prototype of the “Super Tuscan” style.
A 1978 blind tasting organised by Decanter magazine famously proved its quality.
Here it took first place against a field of 33 top Bordeaux clarets, which propelled it to global recognition.
The 1972 Sassicaia has remarkable complexity and age-worthiness.
It typically presents with a deep garnet colour and brick-red reflections, natural signs of its significant age.
The bouquet expresses great complexity, featuring aromas of dried red cherry, cedar, tobacco leaf, and rich forest floor.
On the palate, the wine offers silky, refined tannins that have completely settled over time.
It maintains a harmonious balance of mature fruit and savoury, tertiary flavours.
Some tasters find it rich and dense, while others describe it as balanced but light.
The finish is long and lasting.
Due to its age and legendary status, 1972 Sassicaia is a rare and valuable fine wine.
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