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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 1981 was an extraordinary year, in every aspect, to yield ideal grapes for great wines.
Harvest: The grapes were very rich in colour, taste and noble tannins.
Wine making: 15 – day maceration took place in 75 hl steel vats, and it was followed by malolactic fermentation.
Ageing: The wine aged 19 months in French oak barrels (65%) and Slavonian oak (35%). Half
of the barriques were new, the remaining were used once or twice before.
