Italy, Large Format
Sassicaia 2009, 1.5L [WA 96+]
"The 2009 Bolgheri Sassicaia is the richest and darkest edition in recent memory. This super-charged Sassicaia boasts enormous power and concentr...
View full detailsSassicaia 2013, 1.5L [WA 97]
"I had reviewed this wine just a few months prior and my impression has remained pretty much the same. One difference I did notice at this more rec...
View full detailsMasseto 2011, 1.5L
"From Italy’s most celebrated 7-hectare plot of Merlot, the 2011 Masseto is a wine of grand and lofty ambitions that happily materialize in the gla...
View full detailsSassicaia 2009, 3L [WA 96+]
"The 2009 Bolgheri Sassicaia is the richest and darkest edition in recent memory. This super-charged Sassicaia boasts enormous power and concentrat...
View full detailsFontodi Flaccianello della Pieve 2013, 1.5L [WA 97]
"The gorgeous 2013 Flaccianello della Pieve is going through a closed phase at the moment. Let's give the wine a few more years to sort itself out....
View full detailsSassicaia 1985, 1.5L [RP 100]
"Oddly enough, the 1985 Sassicaia was the wine least commented during the conversations that followed this retrospective. Our panel consisted of so...
View full detailsSassicaia 2016, 1.5L
"The 2016 Bolgheri Sassicaia is a wine of soaring achievement. I tasted this wine several times during the course of its creation in both barrel an...
View full detailsTua Rita Redigaffi 2013, 1.5L [WA 98]
"The 2013 Redigaffi is a masterpiece from Coastal Tuscany. This is a phenomenal Merlot that offers so much intensity and generosity. These traits d...
View full detailsOrnellaia Bolgheri Superiore 2012, 1.5L
"The 2012 Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia is very similar to the 2011 Ornellaia that precedes it. These were both hot vintages, but 2012 saw the heat ...
View full detailsSassicaia 2003, 1.5L
"The 2003 Bolgheri Sassicaia is full of unexpected twists and turns. Oddly enough, this vintage offered more overall freshness and balance than the...
View full detailsGaja Costa Russi 2010, 3L
"The 2010 Costa Russi is a vineyard-designate “Barbaresco” (although the wine’s addition of five percent Barbera prohibits it from being called suc...
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