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Sassicaia Vertical



Rome, February 12, 2010, Villa Borghese is under the snow; in rooms of the Grand Hotel Parco dei Principi in Rome, the atmosphere is decidedly warmer.
is starting the first edition of Wine Excellence Rome and organized by Helmut Köcher the Merano Wine Festival and the journalist Ian D'Agata. In the program, the banks selected samples of 100 Italian companies, international meetings, conferences scientific and tastings of international wines. Saturday 13

would expect an extraordinary portrait of ten years of Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri

85% cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc 15%, very low yield per hectare, vinification in stainless steel and 24 months of passage in French oak and 6 months in bottle. The result is a wine Myth, symbol of Italian wine.

A wine of great concentration and elegance, sweet tannins and long finish, the official who from 1968 has never stopped talking about himself and his creator the Marchese Incisa della Rocchetta .

Each vertical Sassicaia is an event, and in this crowded and highly anticipated event was attended recent years, from 2007 (Premiere), 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998. In room
many producers, winemakers, journalists from various international media and fans.

My preferences are gone, after a glimpse of a promising 2007, fresh and fruity but bitter, a young 2006 cool even if still evolving, but of great complexity and structure. Then

greats.

The 2004 which opens with a big nose that is evolving and changing minute by minute, balance and elegance in velvety tannins and great length on the palate. The 95 points

2001, my favorite in this vertical, that appeals to you and will win for complexity and elegance of a rich range olfactory complex, with notes of sweet ripe fruit blacks, the spicy, licorice, pops in the mouth with the 'infinite pleasure and persistence of its tannins silky and aristocrats. The 96 points

1998, 94 points and evolution of elegance, a warmer color, a fruit that has given way to more ethereal aromas and complex, but the same fine taste and length.

Roberta