2015 Sassicaia Edizione Speciale
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The 2015 Bolgheri Sassicaia was tasted from multiple bottles and was poured alongside the 2015 Ornellaia. Pouring a deep red hue, it's elegant, if not a touch understated by comparison, and detailed with refined notes of blackberries, violets, pine, and fresh tobacco. Full-bodied, though light on its feel, it boasts an underlying stony texture, with a linear spine of acidity that propels it forward. Drink 2025-2040.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2015 Sassicaia is incredibly elegant, perfumed and light on its feet. It has become even more wonderfully refined since I last tasted it. Sweet floral and spiced notes lead into a core of sweet red and purplish berry fruit. When it was younger, the 2015 was quite potent. Today, my impression is that, while the 2015 has gained some finesse, it is also starting to shut down in bottle. Wine is always a journey; the 2015 Sassicaia is a great example of that.
The 2015 Sassicaia is powerful and dense in the glass, with a level of concentration that is unusual. In most vintages, Sassicaia is a wine of restraint. Although the 2015 is by no means overdone, it exudes richness and textural resonance in all of its dimensions. A rush of black cherry, mocha, grilled herbs, menthol, licorice and underbrush builds as this powerful, creamy wine shows off its muscle.
Lustrous mid ruby. Ripe dark fruit reflecting this warm vintage but with intrinsic freshness and finely chiselled tannins. (WS)
About the producer
Tentuta San Guido produces Sassicaia – Italy’s most famous wine. An icon from the Bolgheri coastline of Tuscany, made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, its rise to prominence in the late 1970s sparked the Super Tuscan revolution.