I've come to realize that Sassicaia wine cask maturatioms are my favorite type of wood finishes in whisky. The only problem i have with that, is that there are less than a handful of single malt expressions that were made like this. Having said that, in 2007, Bruichladdich released "the Italian collection", a group of whiskies matured in different italian wine casks, and i got my hands on a few of them; the Barolo ond was great, but now the time has come to try the Sassicaia. Bottled at 46%abv. On the nose, heavenly perfection. Super complex. Orange and lemon peel. Orange juice; kiwi and pineapple. White chocolate and crushed almonds. Hazelnut, marzipan and orange candy. After letting it breath for a little while, it gave me perfumed notes. It is fantastic. The palate was almost perfect as well. It has this lactic body to it; i can describe it as oranges with salt over a white chocolate bar. It is DELICIOUS. Aftertaste was so rewarding! A very elegant white chocolate and tobacco notes. Sulphur, acid oranges and salt. Orange juice. Overall, this is one more proof that this type of casks are incredible drivers of flavors and aromas to a good single malt spirit. Absolitely lovely, this is one whisky i wish i can have for the rest of my life. It is super elegant, even for a 14yo dram, this is superb stuff. The complexity here is uncanny, delivering layers and layers of different notes. My score for it is 97 over 100. Slàinte!