Italy · In the cellar
Sassicaia
1971 · 1985 · 2016
- Origin
- Bolgheri, Tuscan coast
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
- Vintages held
- 1971 · 1985 · 2016
- Delivery
- Insured and temperature-controlled to Switzerland
Quoted on request. We do not publish prices, and quantities are often one.
Mario Incisa della Rocchetta planted Cabernet at Tenuta San Guido in the 1940s for his own table, and the 1968 was the first vintage sold. The 1985 remains the greatest Italian wine of its era, with a perfect score.
What the cellar holds
In the cellar: 1971 (two bottles), 1975, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985 (two bottles, 100 points), 1987 to 1989, 2002, 2005 Collector’s Edition case, 2014 to 2023 in bottles, magnums and double magnum. And the complete vertical, 1968 to 2022.
Vintages in the cellar
- 19712 bottles
- 19751 bottle
- 19771 bottle
- 19813 bottles
- 19833 bottles
- 19843 bottles
- 19852 bottles
- 19872 bottles
- 198814 bottles
- 19892 bottles
- 20021 bottle
- 20051 original case
- 20142 magnums + 2 bottles
- 20162 original cases + 1 bottle + 6 magnums
- 20183 bottles + 1 magnum
- 20197 bottles
- 20205 bottles
- 202113 bottles + 9 magnums + 1 double mag
- 20233 magnums + 8 bottles
Croian & Hein places bottles like this one with a small circle of collectors in Switzerland: discreetly, by appointment, and with the condition of every bottle described plainly before it travels.
Also from Italy