1998 Tenuta San Guido - Sassicaia

Decanter.com – 94 pts – JA: *Seductive and greedy, the welcoming nose shows we are in full stride at this point. These wines are sharing their secrets, highlighting the floral aspects and the character of Sassicaia in a decade that had more challenging vintages than the 2000s. Aromatics still lively and even with tertiary notes we are in no way sacrificing power at nearly 20 years old. Tertiary notes of black truffles and black olives appear, yet they are so deft, so beautiful, we sink into their embrace. I love this. It hovers on the edge of exoticism and excess, and yet every time it pulls back.* - 10/2016

Falstaff Magazin – 94 pts: *Milchschokolade, zart nach Dille. Stoffig, reife Herzkirschen, sehr bordelesker Sassicaia, finessenreich und voll Extrakt, frische Struktur, mineralisch-salzig, feiner Nougat im Nachhall.* - 02/2012

WeinWisser – 19/20 pts – GL: *Spannendes, noch leicht verschlossen und zart reduktiv wirkendes Bouquet mit Noten von Minze, Cassis, Menthol und an Pauillac erinnernde erdig-mineralische Würze. Im Mund präsentiert er sich stoffig, feinsinnig und elegant zugleich, hat Kraft und ist dennoch nuanciert, mit schöner, salziger Ader im Finale.* – 02/2020

JancisRobinson.com – 17,5/20pts – WS: *Lustrous mid ruby with a bricky rim. Beautiful, fine nose of cassis and undergrowth, laced with oak, yet a little fuller than its bordeaux blueprint. A little locked up, but the palate shows fine sweet cassis and long-lasting grainy tannins. Gorgeous freshness on the finish. The oak is noticeable, but the whole is far from falling apart.* - 11/2016