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It's a wine that rolls out the full crimson regalia. Big, bold, intense and delicious, the '07 Guado al Tasso, a blend of mostly Cabernet Sauvignon mixed with Merlot and touched with Cabernet Franc, is a wine fit for a king. Ripe, rich fruitti di bosco layer atop grilled herbs, licorice, smoke, cinnamon and cardamom, but it's the velvety texture and crystalline mineral finish that puts the crown on the whole experience. Just a spectacular wine, and it's drinking for the next decade and a half.
- Country: Italy
- Region: Toscana
- Subregion: Toscana IGT
Some nurture particularly close family ties, and a business serves as a traditional medium for honoring one’s heritage. With respect to the Antinori and della Rocchetta families, however, viticultural genius truly seems to run in the family, rendering their Bolgheri triptych—Tenuta San Guido (Sassicaia: Mario Incisa della Rocchetta); Tenuta dell’Ornellaia (Ornellaia & Masseto: Lodovico Antinori); and Guado al Tasso (Guado al Tasso: Piero Antinori) a powerful evocation of a wine dynasty. While Piero was technically the last of the family to enter Bolgheri’s Maremma, Guado al Tasso formally established his claim to the Maremma, as it was founded upon land inherited by his mother, Carlotta della Gherardesca Antinori, whose family had a long-standing presence in the region. It is also significant to note that Sassicaia, the premiere Super-Tuscan, effectually served as the philosophical foundation of Antinori’s Tignanello, as brothers Piero and Lodovico (prior to their split [in 1985]), sent Giacomo Tachis to direct the vinification of Sassicaia. Their experience directly informed Tignanello’s conception, validating the application of the Bordeaux model to Italian wine.
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