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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 1974 price at Arden Fine Wines
The 1974 Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia is a historic, aged Italian “Super Tuscan” wine.
The weather trend in 1974 was not particularly favourable.
A rather wet and cool year was conditioned by temperatures that were often below average, especially in spring and summer.
July was particularly cloudy and affected by winds.
Rains at the beginning of August brought the summer to an end.
This encouraged greater aromatic extraction but resulted in wines with less structure.
Despite this, the wine has managed to age with a pleasing flavour and broad aromas.
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