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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 1979 price at Arden Fine Wines
Produced during a challenging growing season in Bolgheri, the 1979 Sassicaia is an elegant, claret-style wine rather than a powerhouse vintage.
After a harsh winter, spring arrived late and was often affected by frequent rainfall, which affected the flowering and fruit ripening period.
Summer was dry and rather humid with a total absence of rain.
From mid-September, frequent rainfall meant that the harvest had to be brought forward, jeopardising the perfect quality of the grapes.
It has aromas of sweet red fruit, tobacco, cedar, and pencil shavings, with Mediterranean herbal hints of wild sage and rosemary.
On the palate, it has silky, integrated tannins and a persistent finish.
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