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2016 Saffredi, Le Pupille, Tuscany, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
Ready - youthful
Monica Larner
98/100
Product: 20168117454
2016 Saffredi, Le Pupille, Tuscany, Italy
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon
Body Full Bodied
Producer Saffredi di Maremma Pupille

Critics reviews

Monica Larner 98/100
The 2016 Saffredi brings full-throttled intensity in a very well-balanced wine. The blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (60%), Merlot (30%) and Petit Verdot (10%) spends 18 months in mostly new oak. This vintage is compact, firm and precise, with lovely floral aromas on the bouquet in front of blackberry and plum. Long oak toasting gives the wine tasty notes of spice and cinnamon and rounds the bouquet off nicely. The mouthfeel is soft and velvety. This is a complex, integrated and absolutely beautiful wine.Monica Larner - 31/05/2019
Monica Larner, RobertParker.com (May 2019)

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Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Saffredi di Maremma Pupille

Fattoria Le Pupille is a Morellino di Scansano estate, run by the charismatic Elisabetta Geppetti who abandoned the university halls for the vineyards and the winery in the 1980s. Along with Antinori’s legendary winemaker, the late Giacomo Tachis (creator of Sassicaia, Tignanello and Solaia, to name just three) and Elisabetta’s mentor, Fredi, Elisabetta embarked on a process of renewal and innovation at Le Pupille which led to the creation of Saffredi, to stand alongside their Morellino di Scansano and Morellino di Scansano Riserva. First created in 1987, the blend has varied over the years, but a perfect balance of the classic Bordeaux grape varieties has now been set and the wine is made from 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot, aged for 18 months in French oak barriques, 75% of which are new. Fattoria Le Pupille has been boosted by the appointment of Luca D'Attoma as consultant in recent years.
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