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Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 1985
I had this wine in a blind tasting - I have had it frequently, and have never failed to give it a perfect rating. At the same time, I have often mis-identified it in blind tastings as the 1986 Mouton-Rothschild. In this tasting, the wine was phenomenal. The color remains an opaque purple. The bouquet is beginning to develop secondary aromas of cedar and truffles to go along with its intense cassis, black-raspberry, blackberry, tarry, toasty personality. Exceptionally dense, concentrated, and full-bodied, this wine possesses layers of concentrated fruit that are beautifully balanced by the wine's sweet tannin and well-integrated acidity. The finish lasts for nearly a minute. A monumental Cabernet Sauvignon, it is one of the greatest wines made this century. Tasting after tasting continues to confirm this wine's surreal level of quality...My best guess for when it will reach full maturity is between 2000-2025. What a wine! Robert Parker
Ratings on Delectable
Conrad Green 
Soft and plush. Plum and blood. Great intensity if fruit and a long way to go. Lovely and settled and long.
Soft and plush. Plum and blood. Great intensity if fruit and a long way to go. Lovely and settled and long.
9.6Conrad Green
Lovely and open. Some hints of tobacco with dark blue fruit and open knit red fruit. Persistent and deep. Really lovely
Lovely and open. Some hints of tobacco with dark blue fruit and open knit red fruit. Persistent and deep. Really lovely
9.4
Greg Gregory
On a normal night this would be the star of any show.
On a normal night this would be the star of any show.
9.5
Jeff Stewart
Private Collections Wine Director
Wow! 9-01-15 1985
Wow! 9-01-15 1985
9.8Jimmy Hayes
Estate Director Mayacamas Vineyard
Quiet tonight, but still PFG. Legendary wine that is always inspiring to drink.
Quiet tonight, but still PFG. Legendary wine that is always inspiring to drink.
9.4
Desmond Echavarrie
Master Sommelier, Senior Wine Advisor Soutirage
Yeah '85 Sassicaia out of mag, Soutirage bottle....perfect condition, pretty ridiculous!
Yeah '85 Sassicaia out of mag, Soutirage bottle....perfect condition, pretty ridiculous!
10Andrew Lampasone
Owner Wine Watch Selections
This wine had a ton of sweet ripe currant and berry fruit still quite fresh has a Minty note dark spices still quite fresh well built with lots of everything still very fresh and lively this wine has it all and still a few years ahead of it. Finish 50+. Killer
This wine had a ton of sweet ripe currant and berry fruit still quite fresh has a Minty note dark spices still quite fresh well built with lots of everything still very fresh and lively this wine has it all and still a few years ahead of it. Finish 50+. Killer
9.1
Doug Banks
Sales & Marketing Terroir Selections
It was truly beautiful.
It was truly beautiful.
9.7
Ron Siegel
Youthful & fresh from this legendary wine
Youthful & fresh from this legendary wine
9.7
Pietro Amirkhanian
Almost perfection
Almost perfection
9.8
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