The first 50 years of the Italian myth in the\nworld: Sassicaia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first vintage released on the market was\n1968 while the last vintage is 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have been following this wine from the\nTenuta San Guido company for many years and every year I have the opportunity\nto appreciate its typical aromas that distinguish it, such as in particular,\nthe lavender soap and sea water, the clean one, characterized by hints of melon\nwhite in its internal white part close to the skin. I am pleased to remember\nthat the 2015 vintage was perfect for everything, what about 2016 which had an\nedge over the first? The 2017 vintage was very difficult but the director of\nthe company, Carlo Paoli, cut the production of about 50,000 bottles, still\nmanaging to make a great wine. The 2018 vintage was not easy, so much so that\nthe production was lower than the normal one of about 70,000 bottles. It could\nnot have been otherwise given the 50th anniversary and given the quality of the\nprevious vintages. Carlo Paoli discarded those wines with somewhat dry tannins\nand kept the heart of the production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for the width of the tannin, it is\nimportant that you make the following clarifications so that it can be\nunderstood. I feel the tannin of the wine on the upper gum. The total width of\nthe tannin is 6\/6, i.e. the entire width of the upper gum. Obviously, if the\ntannin is less broad, it could be for example 5\/6 and so on. The width of the\ntannin is important when the quality of the same is of good or high level. If\nthe tannin is wider, the wine is more worthy of attention, but the tannin, as I\nhave specified, must in any case be of good quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let’s now pass to describe the wine tasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TENUTA\nSAN GUIDO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bolgheri\nDoc, Sassicaia, vintage 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (Grapes:\n85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Purple-red dress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From the glass rise various and pleasant\naromas of plum, blackberry, cassis, mint, eucalyptus, light amber and woody,\nrosemary, bay leaf, sage, nutmeg. The olfactory walk continues with intense\naromas of lavender soap that reminds me of the Atkinson soap, followed by sea\nwater, the clean one (white melon and white inner part of the watermelon peel),\nleather saddle, oregano and tobacco cut from the cigar Tuscan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mouth is invaded by pleasant fruity\nsensations of plum, cassis and blueberry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The body is medium and the flavor is rich.\nWell balanced wine with the alcoholic mass which is completely silenced thanks\nto the freshness, flavor and tannins. The latter are sweet, thick, wide (6 \/\n6–), initially velvety and then in the final dry, slightly, the upper gum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its gustative persistence is long with a\nfruity finish already felt initially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wealth, finesse and elegance characterize\nthis vintage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This 2018 reminds me in some respects of\n1988. The tannins will improve with the stop in the bottle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (98\/100)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first 50 years of the Italian myth in the world: Sassicaia. The first vintage released on the market was 1968 while the last vintage is 2018. I have been following this wine from the Tenuta San Guido company for many years and every year I have the opportunity to appreciate its typical aromas that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[137,448,466],"class_list":["post-11254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","tag-paolo-baracchino","tag-sassicaia-2018","tag-the-myth-continues","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2018-Sassicaia-ELE-bis.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pav13q-2Vw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11254"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11257,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11254\/revisions\/11257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paolobaracchino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}