2024 Morellino di Scansano, Fattoria Le Pupille
Morellino di Scansano, Tuscany, Italy
Maremma in Bloom
Bright, perfumed and wonderfully easy to love, the 2024 Morellino di Scansano captures the sunny generosity of southern Tuscany with a lovely sense of freshness and poise. Dark red cherry and wild red berries rise from the glass, lifted by peony, red rose and a gentle thread of dried herbs that brings a touch of Mediterranean charm. The palate is crisp, juicy and beautifully fluent, with pure red fruit, refreshing acidity and smooth, finely woven tannins giving the wine both energy and shape. There is a lightness of touch here that makes it instantly appealing, but also enough savoury detail and soft spice on the finish to keep it feeling properly grown-up.
For when: supper is generous, the pasta is rich, and the bottle needs to feel effortless.
Pairs with: ragù, grilled pork, tomato-based pasta dishes, or rustic Tuscan cooking with herbs and olive oil.
If this wine were a place: a warm Tuscan hillside in late afternoon, with wildflowers, cypress trees and the scent of herbs in the air.
Fattoria Le Pupille is one of the benchmark estates of the Maremma, helping to define the identity of Morellino di Scansano through wines that balance regional warmth with polish and precision. Based in southern Tuscany, the estate has long shown how expressive and elegant Sangiovese can be in this coastal landscape, where sunshine, breeze and Mediterranean vegetation all leave their mark. This Morellino is a beautifully clear example of that house style, open, vibrant and unmistakably rooted in place.
Whats in the bottle
85% Sangiovese, 10% Alicante, 5% Ciliegiolo