90 Robert Parker
From vines grown on sandy soils of crystalline mother rocks (granite and gneiss) since 1970 to 1978, the 2014 Sassi Grossi displays a clear, fresh and spicy, lovely intense bouquet with dark fruit and pepper aromas along with fresh flinty/mineral flavors. Silky textured, finessed and elegant, this full-bodied, ripe and well-concentrated Ticino Merlot is powerful but vital, revealing fine tannins and a lingering crystalline minerality, and is by no means rich or fat. The 2014 is a gastronomic, vitalizing Merlot that indicates a remarkable aging potential. It may further improve over the years.
From vines grown on sandy soils of crystalline mother rocks (granite and gneiss) since 1970 to 1978, the 2014 Sassi Grossi displays a clear, fresh and spicy, lovely intense bouquet with dark fruit and pepper aromas along with fresh flinty/mineral flavors. Silky textured, finessed and elegant, this full-bodied, ripe and well-concentrated Ticino Merlot is powerful but vital, revealing fine tannins and a lingering crystalline minerality, and is by no means rich or fat. The 2014 is a gastronomic, vitalizing Merlot that indicates a remarkable aging potential. It may further improve over the years.