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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 in 1943 moved to the Tuscan estate inherited by his Gherardesca wife.
(She was the sister of Piero Antinori’s mother.)
In those days, friends and family consumed the wine that they produced.
Or they sold it 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 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 1978 price at Arden Fine Wines
The 1978 Sassicaia is a fine red that has aged exceptionally well.
It as deep, full-bodied, and complex with earthy, dried fruit and herbal notes.
You can expect mature flavours like truffle, smoke, and dried berries, supported by firm, evolved tannins and high acidity.
It was another excellent year that resulted in a wine of great elegance and ample structure.
Maceration took place for just 12 days in stainless steel vats.
This was deliberately short due to the exuberance of the tannins extracted from the skins.
The winemaker subsequently aged the wine for 22 months in barrels, of which 60% were new and 40% were first and second use.
(The wood was 60% French and 40% Yugoslavian.)
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