Comments on: Dinner with the Rockstar of Sassicaia http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2009/10/23/dinner-with-the-rockstar-of-sassicaia/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:33:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert B http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2009/10/23/dinner-with-the-rockstar-of-sassicaia/comment-page-1/#comment-4908 Robert B Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:25:04 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/?p=479#comment-4908 Hi, I have a case of 6 bottles of Sassicaia '95 in storage in the UK - any views of when is the optimum year to get them delivered and open? I definitely don't want to miss the drinking window. Hi, I have a case of 6 bottles of Sassicaia ’95 in storage in the UK – any views of when is the optimum year to get them delivered and open? I definitely don’t want to miss the drinking window.

]]> By: Rune http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2009/10/23/dinner-with-the-rockstar-of-sassicaia/comment-page-1/#comment-4630 Rune Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:26:32 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/?p=479#comment-4630 Hi! My name is Rune and I am from Sweden. I have been a Sassicaia lover since 1980. In 1996 i was in Tuscany and had written a letter to Tenuta San Guido that I would like to visit the property. They said yes and we went there. The man who meet us in the reception was Niccolo Incisa himself. He guided us and we ended up in the cellar, where we enjoyed a 1995 cask sample. I was amazed how elegant this baby wine was. I had never had a cask sample before and had expected something almost undrinkable. But it was not. My love to the wine from the Tuscan coast has grown ever since. I prefer to drink great wine with a certain maturity. I have stopped drinking Sassicaia that is less then 10 years old. The "second wine" of Tenuta San Guido, Guidalberto , I drink when it is 5-6 years. It is not declassified casks of Sassicaia, so it is not a true second wine, as in Bordeaux. Hi!
My name is Rune and I am from Sweden. I have been a Sassicaia lover since 1980. In 1996 i was in Tuscany and had written a letter to Tenuta San Guido that I would like to visit the property. They said yes and we went there. The man who meet us in the reception was Niccolo Incisa himself. He guided us and we ended up in the cellar, where we enjoyed a 1995 cask sample. I was amazed how elegant this baby wine was. I had never had a cask sample before and had expected something almost undrinkable. But it was not. My love to the wine from the Tuscan coast has grown ever since. I prefer to drink great wine with a certain maturity. I have stopped drinking Sassicaia that is less then 10 years old. The “second wine” of Tenuta San Guido, Guidalberto , I drink when it is 5-6 years. It is not declassified casks of Sassicaia, so it is not a true second wine, as in Bordeaux.

]]> By: Peter W http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2009/10/23/dinner-with-the-rockstar-of-sassicaia/comment-page-1/#comment-4611 Peter W Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:44:14 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/?p=479#comment-4611 Hi Everybody My name is Peter and myself and my wife are just back from our House in Mt Dora Fl, we had the pleasure of drinking the 96 in a small Regional Italian Restaurant in Sandlake Road Orlando called Antonio's it cost us $200 and I thought it snip at half the price. In England retail the wine would be somewhere between $275/300. It's exactly as the reviewer said Moderate Acidity and Soft Tannins which is what we like. If you want something drinkable now and In the coming 3+ years try a Tuscan called Castiglion Del Bosco which in England is about $55. Happy Drinking Peter & Sue Walker. Hi Everybody
My name is Peter and myself and my wife are just back from our House in Mt Dora Fl, we had the pleasure of drinking the 96 in a small Regional Italian Restaurant in Sandlake Road Orlando called Antonio’s it cost us $200 and I thought it snip at half the price. In England retail the wine would be somewhere between $275/300.
It’s exactly as the reviewer said Moderate Acidity and Soft Tannins which is what we like.
If you want something drinkable now and In the coming 3+ years try a Tuscan called Castiglion Del Bosco which in England is about $55.

Happy Drinking Peter & Sue Walker.

]]> By: Oniesue http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2009/10/23/dinner-with-the-rockstar-of-sassicaia/comment-page-1/#comment-4605 Oniesue Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:05:52 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/?p=479#comment-4605 I agree with Memah! I agree with Memah!

]]> By: Memah http://blog.winemag.com/editors/2009/10/23/dinner-with-the-rockstar-of-sassicaia/comment-page-1/#comment-4603 Memah Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:17:02 +0000 http://blog.winemag.com/editors/?p=479#comment-4603 I am green with envy of your opportunity to sample these wines. Thank you for your evocative descriptions of the wines you experienced which for now will have to suffice for me. I am green with envy of your opportunity to sample these wines. Thank you for your evocative descriptions of the wines you experienced which for now will have to suffice for me.

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