Fattoria Le Pupille Saffredi 2021 (750ML)

99 JS / 97 WA / 97 WS / 97 JA

#46 Wine Spectator Top 100 2024

#5 Jane Anson Top 10 Non Bordeaux Wines of the Year 2024

Mesmerizing aromas of sandalwood, lavender, sage and currants. Mint and spearmint. Lead pencil shavings. Light coffee bean too. Medium to full body with ultra-fine tannins. It goes on for minutes. 60% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot, and 10% petit verdot. So approachable already, but this will age beautifully. Best after 2026 and beyond.—James Suckling

The Fattoria le Pupille 2021 Saffredi is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 10% Petit Verdot that offers seamless integration of dark fruit flavors that bleed directly into spice, Tuscan cigar and earthy iris root. This vintage is compact and firm, especially in terms of mouthfeel, and there are graceful floral tones to close. The winery team has been tweaking the oak regime, landing on 60% to 65% new oak complemented by once-used barrels. They've been working in this manner since 2019 to establish sweet and integrated tannins.-Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate

This pure, intense red is infused with black currant, blackberry, blueberry and violet aromas and flavors, accented by graphite and wild herbs. Very tightly wound, racy even, with bracing acidity and refined tannins, this classy red leans more to the elegant side, with terrific harmony and length. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Best from 2027 through 2045. 3,750 cases made, 1,400 cases imported.—Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator

There is a ripe black fruit puree sweetness to the Cabernet that places you in Tuscany, and a purity to the cassis and mint that is striking - many Bordeaux Cabernets don't have this purity of fruit. A great vintage, of course extremely young but delicious, with sinewy tannins, lashings of spiced rosemary, liqourice root and oyster shell salinity. 70% new oak for ageing. Saffredi was 100% Cabernet Sauvignon until 1990 (grafted onto an old Sangiovese plot), and continues to amaze even with the addition of Merlot and Petit Verdot. Right up there at the top of what a Bordeaux blend can do on the Tuscan coast. Amazing from owner Elisabetta Geppetti.-Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux