Tasting Notes The Sassicaia 2021 is a vintage of concentration, elegance and longer oak ageingthe iconic red spent 25 months in oak, of which half were new. Expect sensational balance and purity. It opens with graceful notes of lavender, rosemary, blackberry, crème de cassis, black cherry, orange peel and graphite, before leading on to cedar, red plum, tobacco, star anise, mint, sage, black olive and spice with a long and beautifully balanced finish. As youll see from the critic scores, this is a cracking vintage that has earned a place in Sassicaias pantheon of greats, which is sure to mean that it will sell out fast. What can you say about the legend that is Sassicaia? Widely acknowledged to be the first Super Tuscan and a catalyst for an Italian winemaking revolution. A wine so controversial it was relegated to a table wine by the restrictive DOC regulations, only to prove so successful and highly revered that it was granted its own DOC Bolgheri Sassicaiathe only single esta