Sassicaia 1989 (Tenuta San Guido) Cheese lead pencil shavings

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Our raw & ready to roast (raw) Australian Pork Belly has been marinated overnight with in house spice mix

Latour’s second wine which continues to increase in quality

this vintage feels tired and flat with bitter astringency on the close

the bargains are the estate’s least expensive cuvee

Sassicaia 1989 (Tenuta San Guido) Cheese lead pencil shavingsUpon its release, the 1989 Sassicaia was brandished with a cringe worthy "tasted but not recommended" review by Robert Parker. I can't say that time has helped the situation much. In fact, we opened two bottles of this wine to make sure our impressions were correct. The first bottle was a magnum and the second sample came from a standard 750 milliliter bottle. Between the two, the second sample was marginally better and this review is based on that