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fattoria le pupille, saffredi, toscana igt 2018
ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE
96
JAMES SUCKLING
97

2018 fattoria le pupille, saffredi, toscana igt

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Why We're Buying

Fattoria Le Pupille Saffredi reflects the estate's experience and history as a premier Italian winemaker. It's also a tribute to owner Elisabetta Geppetti's mentor, who inspired her to make wine in the first place. Wines like Fattoria Le Pupille Saffredi have earned her titles as Lady of Morellino and the first female president of Italian Consorzio.

Critics Scores

ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE
96

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The Fattoria le Pupille 2018 Saffredi borrows quite a bit from all of the grapes that make up the blend (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot). These balanced results open to a round bouquet of dark fruit, black cherry and plum. As the wine warms in the glass, it shows spice, cured tobacco and campfire embers. This is a full-bodied expression, but not excessively so. It puts forth immediate elegance with carefully measured tannins and a fitting postscript of fresh acidity. This newest vintage of Saffredi should be hitting the market now, but if you buy it, you should plan on cellaring it.

JAMES SUCKLING
97

James Suckling

A fantastic nose to this with currant, sage, rosemary and rose-petal character. Sweet tobacco and spicy chocolate, too. Very complex. The palate shows lovely depth of fruit with blackberries, blackcurrants and fine tannins. It’s racy and refined with a direct, focused palate. Just a baby.

VINOUS
96

Vinous

The 2018 Saffredi is a regal, elegant, supremely polished wine. It may very well be the most refined Saffredi I have ever tasted. Silky in its first impression, with striking aromatic presence and exceptional balance, the 2018 is a total knock-out. Sweet red cherry, plum, mocha, licorice and cinnamon accents develop over time, but it is the wine’s overall balance and poise that are so impressive today. The 2018 is an absolutely gorgeous Saffredi. It spent 20 months in French oak barrels, about 65 new. Don’t miss it.