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Wine Description
The Story
After almost 30 years of experimentation and solid work the Marquis decided to release Sassicaia´s 1968 vintage to the open market using his cousin´s, Antinori´s distribution network in the early 1970s, with instant sensation. At a Decanter tasting of Cabernet wines in London, 1978, Sassicaia from vintage 1972 beat all the other 33 wines of France and California, and since then Sassicaia has been one of the leading wines in the world and in gr...
Wine Information
The climate was very good and regular in 1978.
Wine making: A shorter than usual 12 - day maceration took place in steel vats because of the exhuberance of noble tannins present in the skins.
Ageing: The wine aged 22 months in Slavonian oak barrels (60 % new, and 40% used once or twice before), for the remaining 60%, French oak was used (the percentage of new to used barriques is the same as above).
Tasting notes: Deep, saturated red ...
