A Vertical of Icons from Bordeaux and Tuscany
At a recent tasting, I had the opportunity to compare the iconic wines of Château Haut-Brion and Tenuta San Guido's Sassicaia going back to the 1980s
Posted: May 14, 2010 12:00pm ET
I believe in icon wines, even if they may not be the very best from their respective regions. Some wines are the real deal, both for their pedigree and their ability to represent where they come from, regardless of the quality in the bottle.
I was thinking of this a few weeks back when I was sitting in a room with about two dozen other wine lovers tasting a range of wines from Bordeaux's great Château Haut-Brion and Tuscany's legendary Sassicaia. These two famous red wine producers have in their own ways changed the way their areas make wine, and they are symbolic of the quality of the wines from there. The wines were served side by side in pairs, Sassicaia with Haut-Brion. Here are my tasting notes.
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