Winemaker Notes
Ruby red, already from sight one can notice its clearness. Cherry and ribes are the start notes The body is balanced by a distinguished acidity. Juicy wine with crispy tannins that are well integrated: a wine linked to its land but with a style that is appreciated worldwide.
Perfect for first courses, even more elaborate ones and meat based second courses typical of Maremma.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
This is a versatile, food-friendly wine to pair with your favorite Italian pasta dishes. The Fattoria le Pupille 2023 Morellino di Scansano is made with Sangiovese that has been given greater lift thanks to small percentages of Alicante and Ciliegiolo in the blend. The bouquet offers wild cherry, lilac, violet and dusty mineral notes. There is also a touch of yellow sulfur stone that often features in wines from this area of the Tuscan Coast. This is a lean-bodied red with plenty of good tension and energy.
Among Italy's elite red grape varieties, Sangiovese has the perfect intersection of bright red fruit and savory earthiness and is responsible for the best red wines of Tuscany. While it is best known as the chief component of Chianti, it is also the main grape in Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and reaches the height of its power and intensity in the complex, long-lived Brunello di Montalcino. Somm Secret—Sangiovese doubles under the alias, Nielluccio, on the French island of Corsica where it produces distinctly floral and refreshing reds and rosés.
Legend has it that the region’s prized red grape, Sangiovese, took its name locally from the rusty, red “Morelli” horses that used to carriage high officials to and from the village of Scansano in the 1700s. Today the region’s most valuable wine, known as Morellino di Scansano, is of a similar blend as Chianti with a minimum of 85% Morellino (Sangiovese) and 15% other local varieties. But Scansano’s hilly, coastal location gives a full-bodied, and more fruit forward and less acid-driven red compared to its inland neighbor.