1997 Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido, Bolgheri Sassicaia, Tuscany, Italy

Deep and brooding, this wine takes a little while for the rich, sweet blackcurrant fruit to come through on the nose. However the palate explodes with unctuous fruit at the first taste. This is not an overpowering wine though; there is a firm backbone of acidity and ripe tannin, and the finish is long and complex..