1998 Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia -- an infant, but already very impressive; inky dark, impenetrable; needs over half an hour to start showing a lot of dark fruit aromas, some earthiness and spice; this is deep and brooding stuff, wonderful to sip slowly over a few hours, currant, blackberry, dark chocolate, mushroom, cedar flavours show up over time, all carried on lip-smacking acidity in a fairly dense package; very long finish with powerful tannins but still lots of fruit. In the 95-98 pts. range. I'm already excited to try this again in 5-10 years. A real head-turner.