Tenuta San Guido 2017 Sassicaia

Sassicaia 2017 is an overwhelming success given that the vintage was a hot one; the wine has ultimately retained its typicity. Sassicaia is the leading wine of the Super Tuscan movement, groundbreaking in its day, but now firmly part of the establishment. The wine is always made from Cabernet Sauvignon and a small part of Cabernet Franc, grown partly on the rock hillsides of Bolgheri and the newer plantings closer to the sea on gravel beds. The wine is distinctive, no doubt: notes of sandalwood in the complex aromatics, with a palate of fierce yet noble tannins