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SASSICAIA 2018, Tenuta San Guido, Toscana
Grape Varieties : 85% Cabernet Sauvignon & 15% Cabernet Franc

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One of the secret of Bolgheri’s mediterranean and windy climate is to turn pyrazines from the Cabernets into extra-dimensional scents of citron and leafy aromas. Sassicaia has been producing Cabernet-based wines here since 1968, which are typically marked by this fresh character on the nose.

There's a note of kiwi peel that's particularly intense in this 2016, along with some cedar. In this vintage, its character is - if possible - more restrained than usual and definitely more so than the exceptional 2015. Small dark fruits lurk in the depth of the super- youthful nose, while on the palate the wine is not completely ready to drink - despite the good integration of oak, the tannins are still crunchy, perfectly ripe yet chewy, pushed by a lively acidity. An extremely elegant Sassicaia with a refined finish, this is built for the long haul and is possibly the best of this decade.

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TENUTA SAN GUIDO

Tenuta San Guido is named after the Saint Guido della Gherardesca who lived during the XI century. It is located on the Tyrrhenian coast, between Leghorn and Grosseto, in Maremma an area made famous by Italian Nobel prize winner Giosuè Carducci, and it stretches for 13 km from the sea to the hills.

Three are its defining characteristics: the Sassicaia wine, the Razza Dormello-Olgiata thoroughbred studfarm and the Bird Sanctuary Padule di Bolgheri. They divide the estate between the Padule on the coast, the horse's training grounds on the plain, and the vineyards planted up to 350 meters on the hills. The latter have been given their own DOC, the DOC Bolgheri Sassicaia, the first, and so far only case in Italy of a DOC contained in one estate.

The wedding of Mario Incisa della Rocchetta and Clarice della Gherardesca on October 18th 1930 started it all.

They shared a love for thoroughbred horses that made them form a partnership with horse breeder and trainer Federico Tesio. Mario Incisa's love of good wine made him plant Cabernet vines in 1942 for what was to become Sassicaia. Seventeen years later the Bolgheri Bird Sanctuary becomes Italy's first private nature preserve.

The Vineyards

The vineyards of Tenuta San Guido cover approximately 90 hectares and are divided into areas chosen for the particular characteristics of both exposure and composition of the soil.

Some of the vines are planted on the hillside, at an altitude ranging from 200 to 300 meters a.s.l..

For example, the vineyards of San Martino and Mandrioli are close to the hills in the central area of the estate, while the remaining are located lower, at an altitude of about 80 meters a.s.l..

Climate is crucial for a correct and healthy maturation of the grapes. It is influenced by the sea and by the hills that shelter the estate from the inland winds.

The location of vineyards in different areas and elevation is an important factor in the complexity of the wines, and provides a wide choice for the harvest, depending on the weather conditions and the maturation of the grapes. This was recently proved in a study by the University of Pisa that highlighted the uniqueness of the vineyards of Tenuta San Guido by soil type and exposure, compared to the surrounding area.

The vineyards produce about 55-60 quintals (5500-6000 kg) per hectare. The farming system and the low yield of grapes per vine, give a product that is healthy and rich in sugar, tannin and extract.

根據香港法律，不得在業務過程中，向未成年人售賣或供應令人醺醉的酒類。
Under the law of Hong Kong, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or supplied to a minor in the course of business.

Grapes: Inzolia (28%), Grecanico (29%), Catarratto (35%), Chardonnay (9%) Appellation: White - Sicilia DOC
Yields per ha: 85 ql Fermentation: in stainless steel tanks
Fermentation temperature: 14/16°C Duration of fermentation: 15 days on average Malolactic fermentation: not carried out
Ageing: 3 months in stainless steel tanks
Alcohol content: 12% Vol.
Wine analytical data: pH 3.36 - TA 5.10 g/l - RS 3 g/l - TE 21.1 g/l

For the past 61 harvests, this wine has truly embodied the estate from which it takes its name. It expresses the full aromatic potential of the territory. A great classic wine, with its unmistakable Rhenish style bottle. This wine is a blend of three local vineyards, cultivated on the high hills: Inzolia, Grecanico and Catarratto, with a small addition of Chardonnay.

Vintage can vary based on availability
年份會因供應情況而異

Under the law of Hong Kong, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or supplied to a minor in the course of business.
根據香港法律，不得在業務過程中，向未成年人售賣或供應令人醺醉的酒類。

COMMUNE: Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, La Morra e Serralunga d'Alba 

VARIETY: 100% Nebbiolo

HECTARES: 4,00 ha

Behind the original concept for Barolo, there is the need to orient different shades in a single direction. In fact, the most classic producers have always avoided putting the individual expression of the vineyard ahead of the choral vision, capable of restoring an idea of coherence and integration right from the beginning.
It is on the wave of this traditional impetus, then, that we decided to make the two faces of the appellation - the kind one of the region’s western slope and the more austere one typical of the land looking east - coexist in the same glass. The decision to sketch the lineaments of an entire terroir in a single wine gives us a bold liquid, rich and virile, capable of exhibiting its character in youth and challenging its development with the right impulse.

Vintage can vary based on availability
年份會因供應情況而異

Under the law of Hong Kong, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or supplied to a minor in the course of business.
根據香港法律，不得在業務過程中，向未成年人售賣或供應令人醺醉的酒類。

Description: Along the ridge that leads from Novello to La Morra, in the Vergne fraction of the municipality of Barolo, the Sylla Sebaste cellar has been producing classic Piedmont wines of refined quality from more then twenty years. Its origin stems from the excellent Nebbiolo grapes grown on the land close to the village of Bricco.
描述：沿著從 Novello到 La Morra的山脊，在 Barolo市的 Vergne地帶，Sylla Sebaste酒窖已有20多年的歷史了，其酒莊生產經典的皮德蒙特葡萄酒。它的起源來自在Bricco村附近土地上種植的優質Nebbiolo葡萄

Tasting Note: This opens with delicate aromas of baking spice, rose petal and leather. The firm straightforward palate offers sour cherry, clove and green peppercorn alongside assertive tannins. Enjoy 15-30 minutes after opening.
酒注：首先是烘烤香料，玫瑰花瓣和皮革的香氣。口感堅實，直爽，佐以酸櫻桃，丁香和綠色胡椒粉，並帶有單寧。開瓶後15至30分鐘可享用

Alcohol Content: 14% 酒精度：14％

Size: 750ml 容量：750毫升

Vintage can vary based on availability
年份會因供應情況而異

The colour is golden yellow. It has a large structure and elegant on the palate. Mature fishing notes and almonds.

 STEEL AND BOTTLE

HIGH TULIP

12° 

GREAT WITH WHITE MEATS, SLIGHTLY SEASONED CHEESES AND
FISH RISOTTO.

Fascinating golden yellow with flashes of topaz,
smooth, syrupy, rich and consistent. Knock-out
ripe fruit with lots of peach and apricot jam and
a touch of honey and candied peel, followed
by delicate oriental spice, cardamom and
cinnamom. Delicate tannins with a fine acidity
balance, long finish with a hint of bitterness.

STEEL AND BOTTLE

LARGE TULIP

6° - 12 °

A WINE NOT TO BE RUSHED. DELIGHTFUL ON ITS OWN BUT
ALSO DELICIOUS WITH RICH DESSERTS AND DRIED FRUIT AND TO
ACCOMPANY CHRISTMAS CAKES. DARE TO TRY IT WITH HERBED CHEESE OR PATES IT MAINS

Description: Comes from 100% Nebbiolo grapes produced in a particularly suitable sub-zone, named Bricco Ambrogio in the town of Roddi, near Cuneo, Piedmont.
描述：來自100％Nebbiolo葡萄，該葡萄產於皮埃蒙特 (Piedmont) 附近庫尼奧附近羅德（Roddi）鎮，一個特別合適的分區，名為Bricco Ambrogio

Tasting Note: A deep ruby red in color with garnet hinges. Powerful and delicate bouquet with a spicy note and traces of small fruits which are accentuated and perfected by being refined in noble wood. On the palate aromas of blackberry, leather, tobacco and vanilla. Dry of taste, intense and full, with the right tannin richness and velvety. It has a great structure, a beautiful body and a soft nice ending. Enjoy 15-30 minutes after opening.
酒注：深紅寶石色，帶有石榴石鉸鏈。強大而精緻的花束，帶有辛辣味和少量小水果的痕跡，這些水果通過用高貴的木材精製而得以增強和完善。帶有黑莓，皮革，煙草和香草的香氣。口感乾口，濃郁飽滿，單寧豐富而柔滑。它具有很好的結構，優美的酒體和柔軟的收結。開瓶後15至30分鐘可享用

Alcohol Content: 15% 酒精度：15％

Size: 750ml 容量：750毫升

Vintage can vary based on availability
年份會因供應情況而異

Sixty days of contact between the must and the skins, according with the method of the wetting of the skins, an ancient way to work to get red wines, which allows a better extraction of perfume and color. The result is an intense wine which taste like violet and berries, with a soft toasted note at the ending thanks to the sweet wood.

Winery: La Ragnaie
Appellation: Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
Varietal: 100% Sangiovese
Vineyard: 60% Ragnaie - 15% Fornace - 10% Petroso - 15% Loreto
Vine Age: Average: 26 years old
Yield: 2.5 tons per acre
Soil Type: Ragnaie: Sandstone & Limestone - Fornace: Calcareous marl with galestra and sandstone deposits - Petroso: Schist & Sandstone - Loreto: Sandstone
Alcohol Content: 14.5%
Oak: 36 months in neutral Slavonian cask (25hL & 50hL)
Production: 2,500 cases

Tasting Notes: Bright red. Perfumed, precise aromas of raspberry, strawberry, espresso, minerals and violet. Penetrating, linear and youthfully juicy and fresh, featuring raspberry and bitter cherry fruit flavors given clarity by firm but harmonious acidity and a pronounced mineral component. The finish is extremely bright, long and clean.

Description: The Roberto Sarotto company is a family-run company that has always been linked to the wine world, with a deep awareness of traditional values, but without fear of embarking on innovative paths, passing as "pioneers" in the world of wine.
描述：羅伯托·薩羅托（Roberto Sarotto）是一家家族企業，一直與葡萄酒界保持著聯繫，對傳統價值有著深刻的認識，但又不懼於走上創新之路，成為葡萄酒界的“先鋒”

Barolo Chinato is a special wine produced with D.O.C.G. Barolo.
It is flavored with cinchona bark, rhubarb root, gentian and the precious seed of cardamom. After slow maceration it goes through a period of ageing in french oak barrels.
Barolo Chinato 是由D.O.C.G.巴羅洛釀製
它以金雞納樹皮，大黃根，龍膽和小荳蔻的珍貴種子調味。緩慢浸軟後，它會在法國橡木桶中經歷一段時間的陳年

Tasting Note: Served at room temperature as an elegant end of a meal, or steam heated enjoy with an orange peel. Ideal to support and complete the persistent taste of even the richest chocolates in cocoa.
酒注：可室溫下飲用作為一頓美餐的完滿，也可將其加熱和橘皮享用。支持和完呈可可中最濃郁巧克力的持久口味的理想選擇

Alcohol Content: 16.5% 酒精度：16.5％

Size: 500ml 容量：500毫升

Vintage can vary based on availability
年份會因供應情況而異

Description: Produced by 100% Croatina grapes, harvested exclusively by hand, to then move on to alcoholic fermentation. After about 12 days, during racking, the flower is extracted, which will be the basis for the “Colli Bruciati”. Decanted at least twice, the Croatina will age in French oak barrels of 2nd and 3rd passage for 12 months.
描述：由100％Croatina 葡萄生產，僅手工採摘，然後進行酒精發酵。約12天后，在貨架上，將提取花朵，這將成為“ Colli Bruciati”的基礎。 Croatina 至少要倒兩次，將在第二和第三通道的法國橡木桶中陳化12個月

Tasting Note: Ruby- red colored wine, very intense and shiny. It is complex on the nose, featured by spices notes and vanilla reminds. Great structure, Croatina "Colli Bruciati" has excellent tannin. Dry and warm at the taste, it presents persistent soft wood notes. Traditionally consumed as pairing with game, pot roast and classical great cheeses as Castelmagno, Pecorino stagionato, Formaggio di Fossa.
酒注：紅寶石色的葡萄酒，非常強烈而有光澤。它的香氣上很複雜，帶有香料味和香草味。 Croatina“ Colli Bruciati”具有出色的結構，單寧極佳。口感乾身且暖和，呈現出持久的木質香調。傳統上是與野味，鍋烤和經典優質奶酪搭配食用的，例如Castelmagno，Pecorino Stagionato，Formaggio di Fossa

Alcohol Content: 14% 酒精度：14％

Size: 750ml 容量：750毫升

Vintage can vary based on availability
年份會因供應情況而異

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根據香港法律，不得在業務過程中，向未成年人售賣或供應令人醺醉的酒類。
Under the law of Hong Kong, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or supplied to a minor in the course of business.

First lable of the production and first, not filtered or clarified, no adds of stabilizings or additives, in land not cryptomatic or herbicide but only field beans. Shading net stand under the grapes, in order not to  let them staying on the soil, direct sun irradiation, during the night the ground pull the warm out. The first grape which gets mature the first days of August, the biggest and most mature grapes get lied. Harmonious and eveloping, exotic smellings reminding lemon, apricot, candied fruits, almond. With an acidity of 5.7 

As the name suggests, the basis of the tradition; in it you can find all the fresh fragrances of the area. Ruby red, vinous, fruity with cherry and currant tones. Taste both fresh and soft, pleasingly tannic, perfect to pair with starters, first courses and fresh cheeses.

Winery: La Guardiense
Region: Sannio Beneventano, Campania, Italy
Grape Variety: 100% Fiano

Description: La Guardiense, the farming co-operative which is one of the biggest in Italy, was founded in 1960 by 33 farsighted and courageous farmers. Fiano Janare is the product of careful selection in the vineyard and ageing in the cellar in steel tanks only, the ideal containers for maintaining all the natural fragrance. A fine and elegant white.
描述：La Guardiense 是意大利最大的農業合作社之一，由33位有遠見和勇敢的農民於1960年成立。 Fiano Janare 是在葡萄園中精心挑選並在鋼製酒窖中陳年的產品，是保持所有天然香氣的理想容器。精緻而優雅的白酒款

Tasting Note: Straw-yellow color with hints of green. The nose has a characteristic floral and fruity scent reminiscent of apple and pear. On the palate it is fresh, characterized by a pleasant acidic shoulder and a certain rapidity before a slightly almond closing. Ideal with seafood dishes, prawns, octopus,
and baked sea bass. Very good with strongly-flavored cheeses and white meat.
酒注：稻草黃​​色，略帶綠色。鼻子具有特徵性的花香和帶有蘋果和梨的果香。口感清新，特徵是酸味宜人，略帶杏仁閉合前具有一定的速度。非常適合搭配海鮮，大蝦，章魚，和烤鱸魚。非常適合搭配口味強烈的奶酪和白肉

Alcohol Content: 13.5% 酒精度：13.5％

Size: 750ml 容量：750毫升

Vintage can vary based on availability
年份會因供應情況而異

The Extra Dry Prosecco by Zardetto was born in the vineyards of the Venetian company, located within the Prosecco DOC.

It is produced entirely with Glera grapes, carefully selected and harvested manually in the first half of September. The Winemaker "This fresh, lively wine is a blend of 95% Prosecco (Glera) and 5% Chardonnay. It exhibits notions of orange rind and honeyed grapefruit. Light-bodied, effervescent, and with an abundant but delicate flavour."

The Extra Dry Prosecco by Zardetto has a fairly pale straw yellow colour, with a very present perlage. The nose offers an intense fruity aroma, where the typical aromas of apple and pear are replaced by very appealing lemon notes. In the mouth, it comes soft, sweet and with a good acidity which facilitates its drinkability.

Excellent for the aperitif, it goes well with vegetable dishes.

TENUTA SAN GUIDO EXPERIENCE

1 Sassicaia 2018 - 1 Guidalberto 2019 - 1 Le Difese 2018

The whole collection from the most prestigious and awarded winery in Tuscany  

SASSICAIA 2018, Tenuta San Guido, Toscana
Grape Varieties : 85% Cabernet Sauvignon & 15% Cabernet Franc

One of the secret of Bolgheri’s mediterranean and windy climate is to turn pyrazines from the Cabernets into extra-dimensional scents of citron and leafy aromas. Sassicaia has been producing Cabernet-based wines here since 1968, which are typically marked by this fresh character on the nose.

There's a note of kiwi peel that's particularly intense in this 2018, along with some cedar. In this vintage, its character is - if possible - more restrained than usual and definitely more so than the exceptional 2015. Small dark fruits lurk in the depth of the super- youthful nose, while on the palate the wine is not completely ready to drink - despite the good integration of oak, the tannins are still crunchy, perfectly ripe yet chewy, pushed by a lively acidity. An extremely elegant Sassicaia with a refined finish, this is built for the long haul and is possibly the best of this decade.

GUIDALBERTO 2019, Tenuta San Guido, Toscana
Grape Varieties : 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot
The wine is characterized by its optimum roundness and softness, having a density without sharpness. Its excellent body and great balance with enduring persistence are already evident on the palate. This wine's significant polyphenolic content allows us to predict an excellent longevity.

LE DIFESE 2018
From Tenuta San Guido, Sassicaia Producer, a unique wine for every day drinking  

Le Difese (Toscana IGT) is produced by Tenuta San Guido since 2003.

It is a 70% Cabernet and 30% Sangiovese blend.

Fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats at controlled temperature and maceration lasts for about 12 days for both the Cabernet Sauvignon to the Sangiovese. It is then aged for 12 months in French and American oak barrels and for a further three months in the bottle.

The wine is distinguished by a good structure and is extremely supple making it very pleasant and drinkable  

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TENUTA SAN GUIDO

Tenuta San Guido is named after the Saint Guido della Gherardesca who lived during the XI century. It is located on the Tyrrhenian coast, between Leghorn and Grosseto, in Maremma an area made famous by Italian Nobel prize winner Giosuè Carducci, and it stretches for 13 km from the sea to the hills.

Three are its defining characteristics: the Sassicaia wine, the Razza Dormello-Olgiata thoroughbred studfarm and the Bird Sanctuary Padule di Bolgheri. They divide the estate between the Padule on the coast, the horse's training grounds on the plain, and the vineyards planted up to 350 meters on the hills. The latter have been given their own DOC, the DOC Bolgheri Sassicaia, the first, and so far only case in Italy of a DOC contained in one estate.

The wedding of Mario Incisa della Rocchetta and Clarice della Gherardesca on October 18th 1930 started it all.

They shared a love for thoroughbred horses that made them form a partnership with horse breeder and trainer Federico Tesio. Mario Incisa's love of good wine made him plant Cabernet vines in 1942 for what was to become Sassicaia. Seventeen years later the Bolgheri Bird Sanctuary becomes Italy's first private nature preserve.

The Vineyards

The vineyards of Tenuta San Guido cover approximately 90 hectares and are divided into areas chosen for the particular characteristics of both exposure and composition of the soil.

Some of the vines are planted on the hillside, at an altitude ranging from 200 to 300 meters a.s.l..

For example, the vineyards of San Martino and Mandrioli are close to the hills in the central area of the estate, while the remaining are located lower, at an altitude of about 80 meters a.s.l..

Climate is crucial for a correct and healthy maturation of the grapes. It is influenced by the sea and by the hills that shelter the estate from the inland winds.

The location of vineyards in different areas and elevation is an important factor in the complexity of the wines, and provides a wide choice for the harvest, depending on the weather conditions and the maturation of the grapes. This was recently proved in a study by the University of Pisa that highlighted the uniqueness of the vineyards of Tenuta San Guido by soil type and exposure, compared to the surrounding area.

The vineyards produce about 55-60 quintals (5500-6000 kg) per hectare. The farming system and the low yield of grapes per vine, give a product that is healthy and rich in sugar, tannin and extract.

The 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Poggio al Vento sets this venerable Riserva program squarely back on track thanks to its balanced intensity and classic lines. Like in the other Sangiovese-based wines from this historic Montalcino estate, this wine is distinguished by those estate-specific savory and sanguine notes that recall rusty nail or iron, all followed by balsam herb, powdered licorice and even a touch of eucalyptus oil.

The wine's texture is medium in weight and ultimately this expression is more buoyant in mouthfeel than you might initially expect of a wine that has aged for this long

Winemaker: Giuliano Corino
Appellation: Langhe DOC
Grape Variety: Nebbiolo 100%

Description: As with all new ideas and techniques, it has taken him many vintages to adapt them to the peculiarities of Nebbiolo. Now he is helped both in the vineyard and in the cellar by his wife Stefania and children. The wines they make are wonderful expressions of the prime sites planted just below la Morra, where the estate’s nine hectares are cultivated.
描述：隨著新思想的出現，朱利亞諾在安傑洛·加亞（Angelo Gaja）奠定的基礎上進行了試驗，嘗試了旋轉發酵罐，短浸漬和法國小橡木桶。與所有新思想和新技術一樣，他花了很多年份使它們適應內比奧羅的特點。現在，他的妻子Stefania和孩子們在葡萄園和酒窖中為他提供幫助。他們釀造的葡萄酒很好地表達了種植在拉莫拉（La Morra）下方的主要土地，該莊園佔地9公頃

Tasting Notes: Light ruby ​​red with violet reflections. The nose is a riot of berries and wildflowers. On the palate, it is tight and structured with notes of cherry, liquorice and mushrooms. Medium structure in the mouth, smooth tannins, very fresh and with a clean finish. Young and drinkable, perfect to combine with tomato and meat dishes.
酒注：淺紅寶石色，紫羅蘭色反射。鼻子是漿果和野花的騷動。口感緊實，有櫻桃，甘草和蘑菇的味道。中度口感，單寧柔滑，非常新鮮，利落爽口。酒齡年輕而很好喝，非常適合搭配番茄和肉類菜餚

Size: 750ml 容量：750毫升

Vintage can vary based on availability
年份會因供應情況而異

Description: Sylla Sebaste, in the Vergne district of the municipality of Barolo, the winery has been producing refined Piedmontese wines for more than 20 years.
描述：Sylla Sebaste 位於巴羅洛市 Vergne區，該酒廠生產皮埃蒙特葡萄酒已超過20年

Tasting Note: The color is an intense ruby red with fresh living fragrances, pleasantly fruity in flavor; this wine is warm and robust, full-bodied, pleasurable and harmonious.
酒注：顏色是強烈的寶石紅，帶有新鮮的活香氣，果味宜人。這款酒酒體溫暖而結實，醇厚，給人愉悅而和諧的感覺

Alcohol Content: 14% 酒精度：14％

Size: 750ml 容量：750亳升

Vintage can vary based on availability
年份會因供應情況而異