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MisterGrape Your wine shop
In the twenties, a student in Pisa, Mario Incisa della Rocchetta dreamed of creating a purebred wine. His ideal, as for the aristocracy of the time, was Bordeaux.
He experimented with some French grape varieties and concluded that Cabernet had "the bouquet I was looking for".
No one had ever thought of making a "Bordeaux" wine in Maremma, an unknown area from a wine point of view.
From 1948 to 1967, Sassicaia remained a strictly private domain, and was drunk only on the estate.
The 1968 vintage was the first to be put on the market, with a welcome worthy of a Bordeaux Premier Cru.
Dense and impenetrable ruby red with garnet reflections, it has a very rich nose, from fruit to spices: it smells of cassis, cedar and laurel wood, cocoa, tobacco, cinnamon and mint that introduce marine notes and balsamic resins. Solid, consistent taste, it shows perfect tannins, assisted by a freshness that, despite the gustatory complexity, invites the next drink. Wide and