Tenuta San Guido "Sassicaia" 2002 MAGNUM (1.5ml)

The nose is very intense; there is a great purity of fruit, with a slightly meaty-cherry character, and a toffee edge. It possesses a lovely, pure, cool style which it shows willingly on the palate, polished, direct and bright, with a wonderful composition. There is a fine tannic grip beneath, delicious acidity, with sappy and savoury fruit. A fine weight. Here is a wine with definition and grace but also power and potential, the latter two expressed in a very refined manner, as if encased in a velvet glove. A great finish and quite some length to it.