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Sassicaia 2017 released – “a wild, exotic beauty”
By Liv-ex
Sassicaia 2017 has been released in the UK at £1,700 per 12×75.
The perfect Sassicaia 2016 was released at £1,270 per case (25% discount) this time last year but in minuscule quantities; since then, the 2016 has risen 88% in value.
According to the Wine Advocate, production volumes in 2017 were reduced by about 15%.
But prices for Sassicaia have been on a steady upward ...
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
Climate trend and characteristics of the year: The 2017 vintage was very hot and sometimes wrongly associated to 2003 or 2012. Actually, even though it was a year when the end of spring and summer were characterized by temperatures often above the norm, the vegetative conditions of the plants and the results in organoleptic terms of the grapes but above all of the wines produced in the territory of Bolgheri, are very pleasant. The autumn and t...
