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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 American wine critic Robert Parker.
Sassicaia 1968 price at Arden Fine Wines
The Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia 1968 is a legendary Italian “Super Tuscan” red wine known for its elegance.
Furthermore, the winery commercially released the 1968 vintage as the very first Sassicaia, making it a “unicorn wine”.
Additionally, American wine critic Robert Parker praised the 1968 Sassicaia with a glowing review.
He called it a “phenomenal wine” that shows a “sure and determined sense of confidence and purpose.”
Moreover, he noted its remarkable length and polish, with aromas of dried fruit, crushed mineral, liquorice, and balsam herb.
You can find this Sassicaia 1968 price at Arden Fine Wines in London.
