Notes from an '80's wine dinner last month.

'88 Sassicaia that followed showed some real class! The nose was of sweet ripe currants with a well integrated note of vanilla spice with a sweeping intensity that one would expect from a more youthful wine. It also had complexities of leather and a hint of hi-toned flowers that I find in exceptional reds. The palate was as full as the Solaia but much more integrated with waves of flavor and depth. Its structure again seemed like a wine from the mid '90's rather than '88. Wonderfully balanced, it will surely improve over the next 5-7 years and last even longer-a true

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I've been looking for this wine since I heard about it. It sould have stopped being called Vino di Tavola by that time! I'm going to have to start hassling my suppliers now.