Worked an event as a somm this evening and got to take this baby homeš didnāt get the chance to really sit and taste it and think about it (like a nerd) until about 1am
Stupidly complex on the nose, even from this young vintage and after being open about 5 hours. Thereās super ripe black fruits. Oak notes, the chocolate and baking spices. A lot of herbal complexities like dried fennel and anise and leather
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Sadly the wine had seen just barely too much air by the time I got to taste it at homeš« Some VA before the finish that just totally threw the rest of the palate off. I do still remember tasting it right after I opened it, and enjoying the massive structure and the herbaceous finish.
Really hope yāall who can afford this wine are stashing them away and not drinking them. Thereās a LONG, LONG future ahead for this one.
by christisanders1
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I have a 19 and a 22 in my collection. Do you think the 19 is ready to drink?
Thanks for the post! I have a case of this cellared (under good conditions) and planning to hold for a while. Any suggestion on what long, long hold looks like in terms of years? Thanks!
This summer I arranged a blind wine tasting for a few of my non-professional-wine-enthusiast friends. We had already been through 5 other wines before I served the 2021 similar to yours, it was served amongst other wines from the same house, other supertuscans and even a few decent Bordeaux but surprisingly all 7 of my friends were able to spot the sassicaia blind.
Notes were somewhat similar to yours, extremely powerful and lots of complexity but much much too young. I rarely drink wines of this caliber and it was almost a shame we didnāt wait at least another 10 years. But who has time for that? š
Bei so etwas denke ich mir immer, dass die gehobene Gastronomie so etwas anbietet, da diese einfach zu jung geƶffnet werden.
Manche Winzer verkaufen absichtlich ihre Flaggschiffe erst nach einer gewissen Mindestreifezeit.
Danke fĆ¼r deinen Beitrag, es bestƤtigt dass ich die wenigen Flaschen die ich habe lange im Keller liegen lasse und erst in mindestens 10-15 Jahre ƶffnen werde.
I had a half bottle of the 2001 recently and thoroughly enjoyed it!Ā