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Spring lamb served pink with fresh herbs

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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...

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Sassicaia 1990 – Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy

The 1990 vintage in Tuscany is considered one of the great harvests of the late 20th century, marked by warm, even conditions that produced ripe, concentrated, and long-lived wines. At Tenuta San Guido, Sassicaia fully captured the vintage’s generosity, offering both depth and elegance in a beautifully composed expression of Bolgheri.

The bouquet is expansive and seductive, with layers of blackcurrant, blackberry, and plum mingling with cedar, graphite, tobacco leaf, leather, and sweet spice. On the palate, it is full-bodied and polished, with ripe dark fruit framed by fine-grained tannins and lifted by a fresh spine of acidity. There is richness and warmth to the vintage, but also remarkable balance, allowing the wine to remain graceful rather than heavy.

The finish is long and resonant, echoing cassis, cedar, and savory herbs. A benchmark Sassicaia, the 1990 combines power and refinement—already superbly mature, but still carrying the structure to evolve further. 96 points.


  • 96p

Full colour. Cherries, blackcurrants and spice on the nose. It has a lovely gravelly, spicy, smooth palate with dense sweet fruit as well as freshness and elegance. Some tannic grip still, but the fruit is in a lovely place in this ripe yet elegant wine, which is still very focused and hasn’t gone mushy at all. 94/100

  • 94p
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Toscana, Tuscany
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