Decanter 97 Wine Enthusiast 97 James Suckling 97 Wine Spectator 96 Wine Advocate 97+ Sassicaia 2018, according to Robert Parker, represents an intersection or stylistic convergence of the two previous vintages. The wine offers the precision and elegance of the 2016 and the more cautious or tapered 2017 vintage (94 points). It gave the 2018 vintage a score of 97+, with an emphasis on the plus sign to highlight this bottle's future aging potential. Sassicaia is one of the most well-known Italian wines in the world, an enological monument that is a champion of balance, it is the flagship of Italian enology, one of the Tuscan wines that has led the Supertuscans to be famous in the world. It was born from an intuition of Mario Incisa della Rochetta who wanted to fulfill his dream of creating a wine like the greats of Bordeaux, therefore he decided to plant Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards on his property, Tenuta San Guido. Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido has become the symbol of the great quality of Italian wine production also thanks to Giacomo Tachis, the estate's winemaker, who was able to make it great and famous throughout the world. The grapes to produce it, cabernet sauvignon 85%, cabernet franc 15%, come from lands at altitudes between 100 and 300 meters, among the best company crus, in a land with a unique conformation and a west, south-west exposure. Bolgheri Sassicaia has a brilliant ruby red, on the nose emerge notes of cherries, blackcurrants, rosemary and lavender, raspberry leaves and various herbaceous notes, pipe tobacco and hints of oak. The sip is intense and immediately surprising, complex and soft with a good body and infinite persistence. It is a long-lived wine, it does not fear time, an immortal bottle. It is a perfect representation of the Bolgheri area, the first Italian wine so important as to require its own specification, the Bolgheri Doc.