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Saffredi - Fattoria le Pupille

Fattoria Le Pupille

Vintages 2023 2022 2021

Fattoria Le Pupille's flagship super-Tuscan from the Saffredi vineyard at Pereta, 60% Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot and Petit Verdot. Eighteen months in French oak give blackcurrant, cigar and fine dense tannins. A Maremma benchmark conceived with G

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Tasting Notes

Tasting Fattoria Le Pupille's Saffredi

A Cabernet-led blend from the sandstone of Pereta, drawn together from the producer's own notes, Vivino's 14,000-strong drinker consensus and the critics who score it into the high 90s.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
6 June 2026
Vintage in glass
2022
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Taste profile
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

The Saffredi vineyard at Pereta gives a deep, elegant nose the producer pins to sour cherry, blackcurrant and blueberry jam, lifted by anise, green pepper and a cigar-box note. Eighteen months in French oak barriques, 70 percent new, layer in the oak, tobacco and vanilla that Vivino drinkers cite most often. The Cabernet Sauvignon backbone reads clearly through the cassis and black-fruit depth.

Black cherryBlack cherry
BlackberryBlackberry
BlackcurrantBlackcurrant
PlumPlum
TobaccoTobacco
LeatherLeather
Black pepperBlack pepper
VanillaVanilla
Palate

Cabernet-led across Merlot and a 10 percent Petit Verdot seasoning, grown on the sandstone soils of Pereta at 250 metres, the palate is warm at 14.5 percent yet held by a 5.11 g/L acid line. Tannins are fine, dense and integrated, exactly as the estate describes, while the Vivino crowd reads it as bold and tannic with leather and earthy edges. The fruit is concentrated rather than jammy, savoury and Bordeaux-shaped.

Finish

Long and savoury, the producer's own "molto persistente", with the liquorice, pepper and cinnamon spice the barrique ageing leaves behind. Cigar and graphite notes linger over the dense tannin frame.

Overall

Fattoria Le Pupille's flagship, conceived in 1987 with Giacomo Tachis, sits at the prestige end of the Maremma super-Tuscans rather than its entry tier. Drinkers rate it 4.4 across nearly 14,000 Vivino ratings and critics back it hard, James Suckling at 99 points for the 2019 and 97 for the 2023, so this is a cellar wine for serious Cabernet lovers with patience.

Best by 2042
Live UK pricing

Buying Saffredi: vintages and UK prices

Current 750ml vintages sit around 90 to 106 pounds across UK and European merchants, with large formats up to 6 litres at the top of the range.

Best price · 75 cl £90.51 at 8wines
Price spread £90.51 – £810.00 Across 4 UK retailers tracked
Retailers tracked 4UK 5 in stock
Vintages live 2023 · 2022 · 2021 Current release: 2023
Per-litre (75 cl basis) £120.68 Per-litre price for the lowest current offer
Last checked 7 Jun 2026, 15:15 BST Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How Saffredi scores on the Italian Wine Fit Score

Strong on food and cellar, modest on everyday and beginner appeal: a prestige Maremma red built for serious Cabernet drinkers.

Best with food 9.0/10

Cabernet-led blend with firm dense tannins and a 5.11 g/L acid line makes a strong partner for chargrilled and braised red meat.

Best for cellar 9.0/10

Eighteen months in French oak, dense Cabernet tannins and critic windows running to the mid-2040s mark it as a serious cellar wine.

Best for an occasion 9.0/10

A prestige Maremma flagship priced above 90 pounds, conceived with Giacomo Tachis, is built for a special-occasion table.

Best value 5.0/10

At around 95 pounds a 750ml bottle it sits mid-pack for prestige super-Tuscans, fair for a Tachis-conceived flagship but not a bargain.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our editorial methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Toscana in five fields

A compact view of what the Toscana denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
Variety list not yet recorded
This bottle: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Tuscany
Style
IGT · Toscana
Classification
IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica)
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Where to Buy

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Best Live Price £90.51
Retailers Tracked 4
Last Checked 7 Jun 2026
Vintages

Saffredi across 2021, 2022 and 2023

Maremma vintages diverge sharply here: a cool, frost-hit 2021, a hot but rain-relieved 2022, and a classic 2023, each shaping the wine's drinking window.

2023 Current release
Lowest price
£101.70
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
14.5%
Window
Drink now through 2043

The most recent Saffredi release on the page, a classic Cabernet-led Maremma profile of blackcurrant, cigar and green-pepper lift. James Suckling rated the vintage 97 points; with 18 months in French oak behind it, give it cellar time and drink from the late 2020s into the early 2040s.

2022 Previous release
Lowest price
£90.51
Retailers
3 in stock
ABV
14.5%
Window
Drink now through 2042

A hot, dry Maremma summer eased by August rainfall that cooled the Saffredi vineyard and freshened the vines, a year Tuscany rated largely very good. The 2022 carries ripe blackcurrant and warmth at 14.5% with the fine, dense tannins the producer notes, drinking well now and holding into the early 2040s.

2021 Previous release
Lowest price
£810.00
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
14.5%
Window
Drink now through 2045

A cool, wet Tuscan spring of frost and hail cut yields at Pereta, concentrating the surviving fruit into a structured, slow-building Saffredi. James Suckling scored it 99 points and frames a long window, drinking best from around 2027 through to the mid-2040s.

Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Why Saffredi is priced where it is

A 14-hectare single vineyard, 18 months in mostly new French oak and a 45,000-bottle production explain the prestige price of this Tachis-conceived flagship.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Toscana is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. Varieties not yet recorded
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03

Region and area context

Toscana falls within Tuscany , covering Tuscany.

04

Reading the label

  • Fattoria Le PupilleProducer / estate
  • Cabernet Sauvignon · Merlot · Petit VerdotGrape varieties (in declared order of dominance)
  • Toscana IGTGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2023Vintage (year of harvest)
  • 14.5% vol · 75 clAlcohol by volume and bottle size
  • Imbottigliato all’origineEstate-bottled
05

What sits behind the price of Saffredi - Fattoria le Pupille

Tracked from
£90.51
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
4 up / 2 down
Main factor
Single 14ha vineyard at Pereta, old vines from 1985, manual harvest
  1. 01

    Single 14ha vineyard at Pereta, old vines from 1985, manual harvest

    Cost up

    Saffredi comes only from the 14-hectare Saffredi vineyard, with the old block planted in 1985 and yields held to 50 quintals a hectare, low-volume fruit that drives the cost up.

  2. 02

    18 months in French oak barriques, 70 percent new each year

    Cost up

    Buying around 70 percent new French barriques every vintage is a major recurring cost the producer absorbs into the 18-month ageing programme.

  3. 03

    Prestige super-Tuscan reputation since 1987

    Cost up

    A Tachis-conceived flagship with James Suckling scores into the high 90s and a Wine Spectator Top 10 placing commands a premium over generic Toscana IGT reds.

  4. 04

    Toscana IGT, not a yield-capped DOCG

    Cost down

    Because Saffredi is bottled as Toscana IGT rather than a DOCG, it avoids the ageing and release-tasting overheads of Brunello or Chianti Classico, a modest restraint on cost.

  5. 05

    Scale of 45,000 bottles

    Cost down

    A 45,000-bottle run is sizeable for a flagship and spreads fixed cellar costs further than a true micro-cuvee, softening the per-bottle price.

  6. 06

    UK alcohol duty and VAT

    Cost up

    At 14.5 percent it sits under the 15 percent threshold, so UK duty is 2.67 pounds a bottle; with 20 percent VAT on a roughly 95-pound bottle, tax alone is close to 19 pounds.

Perfect Pairings

Dishes that complement this wine

Fiorentina steak, plated

Fiorentina steak
Brasato al Barolo on stoneware bowl with Bay Leaf, Beef Chuck, Carrot

Brasato al Barolo
Ossobuco alla Milanese on stoneware bowl with Beef Broth, Carrot, Celery

Ossobuco alla Milanese
Agnello Ragu Lucano, plated

Agnello Ragu Lucano
Rack of lamb, plated

Rack of lamb
Food Pairing

Cabernet tannin and Tuscan red meat: dishes that fit Saffredi

Firm Cabernet tannin and 14.5 percent warmth steer Saffredi towards chargrilled and braised red meat, exactly where the estate's own lamb pairing points.

Tannin softening Strong match

Chargrilled Tuscan red meat

The fine, dense tannins Fattoria Le Pupille builds over 18 months in French oak need protein and fat to soften them. The char and rendered fat of a thick T-bone bind those tannins and let the blackcurrant fruit come forward.

Try with: Fiorentina steak · ribeye steak · grilled lamb chops · More pairings →

Body matching Strong match

Slow-braised beef and game

At 14.5 percent with concentrated Maremma fruit, Saffredi has the weight to stand up to long-cooked, reduced meat sauces. The wine's body matches the richness rather than being flattened by it.

Try with: Brasato al Barolo · venison stew · wild boar ragu · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Good match

Herb-crusted lamb

The estate pours Saffredi with rack of lamb in a Mediterranean herb crust, and the logic holds: the wine's green-pepper and cigar-box notes echo rosemary and thyme, while Cabernet tannin cuts the fat of the meat.

Try with: Rack of lamb · Agnello Ragu Lucano · leg of lamb · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Marrow-rich osso buco

The marrow and gelatinous richness of osso buco coats the palate; Saffredi's tannic grip and acid line of 5.11 g/L scrub it clean between bites. A Cabernet-led blend has the structure a delicate red would lack here.

Try with: Ossobuco alla Milanese · braised beef cheek · oxtail · More pairings →

Salt balance Good match

Aged sheep's-milk cheese

Hard, salty aged Pecorino meets the wine's fruit sweetness and resolved tannin halfway. The savoury, leather-edged character Vivino drinkers note in Saffredi sits naturally alongside a mature Tuscan cheese.

Try with: Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · aged Pecorino Toscano · hard sheep cheese · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Avoid chilli heat and delicate fish

The 14.5 percent alcohol and firm Cabernet tannin amplify chilli heat and turn metallic against oily or delicate fish. Save Saffredi for red meat and reach for a Vermentino di Gallura or Etna Bianco with the lighter, spicier plates.

Skip with: Spicy Sichuan · sushi · grilled sardines · vindaloo · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Cellaring Saffredi from Fattoria Le Pupille

With dense tannins and critic windows reaching the mid-2040s, top Saffredi vintages reward a decade or more in the cellar.

Drinking window
2026 → 2043

Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Cellar potential
High

Eighteen months in French oak, dense Cabernet tannins and critic windows running to the mid-2040s mark it as a serious cellar wine.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£90.51 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Where the Saffredi facts come from

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 7 Jun 2026, 15:15 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Saffredi's place in the Maremma and super-Tuscan map

Producer
Fattoria Le Pupille Tuscany
Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Petit Verdot
Denomination
Toscana IGT
Region
Tuscany Region guide
Cuisine
Italian Cuisine 4 dishes paired International Cuisine 1 dishes paired

Common Questions

Saffredi is a Bordeaux-style blend of roughly 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 10% Petit Verdot. The vines grow on sandstone soils in the Saffredi vineyard at Pereta in the Tuscan Maremma, and the wine is bottled as Toscana IGT Rosso.

Yes. Saffredi is one of the original super-Tuscans, first produced in 1987 with advice from the legendary oenologist Giacomo Tachis. It uses international Bordeaux grapes rather than Sangiovese, so it falls under the Toscana IGT classification rather than a DOCG.

It is built for the cellar. After 18 months in French oak barriques, the dense tannins and concentrated fruit let top vintages run two decades; James Suckling's drinking window for the 2021 reaches the mid-2040s. Recent vintages will benefit from several years before opening.

Reach for chargrilled and braised red meat. The producer pours it with herb-crusted rack of lamb, and the firm Cabernet tannin also suits Fiorentina steak, brasato and osso buco. Avoid chilli heat and delicate fish, which fight the alcohol and tannin.

A standard 750ml bottle of a current vintage typically runs around 90 to 106 pounds from UK and European merchants, placing it at the prestige end of Maremma reds. Large formats such as the 6-litre bottle command considerably more.

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