Safra 2023
Avaliado em 2025
This cabernet sauvignon really shines, with subtle paprika, tobacco ash and vibrant red currants on the nose. Nuanced blackberries, blueberries, fine spices and a hint of cigar box. This fresh, lovely Sena comes from a warmer year than 2021 or 2022, with softer tannins. It’s super refined but driven, long and flavorful. More approachable and less structured and direct this year, with impeccable drinkability. 60% cabernet sauvignon, 19% malbec, 15% carmenere and 6% petit verdot. 18 months of aging, of which 90% is in French oak barrels, including 70% new and around 10% in foudres. Drinkable now, but it’s built for the next 20 years.
Safra 2022
Avaliado em 2025
Elegant and balanced, this offers floral blueberry and cocoa nib details inflected with lemon thyme and anise notes. The palate is smooth in texture, with generous plum and berry flavors. There's a late burst of energy, yet this keeps its focus around polished tannins and a late twinge of coffee bean. Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Carmenère and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2035. 11,197 cases made, 3,000 cases imported.
Safra 2021
Avaliado em 2024
Overwhelming nose with a cornucopia of black, red and blue berries, perfectly accented by fine toasty oak. With aeration the floral notes expand. Super-concentrated and vibrant with incredible finesse on the medium- to full-bodied palate. Such great brilliance at the finish, where the power builds very steadily. Still so young, but already dangerously delicious. It will be really hard to wait. A cuvee of 50% cabernet sauvignon, 27% malbec, 17% carmenere and 6% petit verdot. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but best from 2025. 20th Anniversary Berlin Tasting Event, February 2024.
Safra 2021
Avaliado em 2023
Elegantly styled around strawberry, pink peppercorn and fresh herb details, which mingle with a rich, polished core that reveals darker nuances of plum and cassis. Gathers tension around minerally acidity, before ending with spiced chocolate notes and fine tannins. Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Carmenère and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2033. 10,000 cases made, 1,500 cases imported.
Safra 2020
Avaliado em 2022
Suave and polished, featuring flavors of floral currant and plum preserves, with a mineral underpinning and fresh acidity. Ends with loam and spice nuances and firm tannins. Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Carmenère and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2032. 8,334 cases made, 590 cases imported.
Safra 2016
Avaliado em 2024
What a beautifully maturing red Bordeaux blend in which delicate toasty oak, plus graphite and herbal complexity almost ideally complement the complex red-fruit aromas. Fantastic structure on the medium- to full-bodied palate thanks to the abundance of fine-grained tannins. Terrific interplay of restrained ripeness and cool reductive character at the extremely long finish. A cuvee of 55% cabernet sauvignon, 20% malbec, 12% petit verdot, 8% carmenere and 5% cabernet franc. Drink or hold. 20th Anniversary Berlin Tasting Event, February 2024.
Safra 2015
Avaliado em 2024
What a breathtakingly deep and complex nose! Still just beginning to show what it is made of! Dazzling spectrum of red, blue and black fruits that it would take up way too much space to individualize, but there's certainly an intense black-cherry note. Super-refined tannins that make it glide over palate incredibly gracefully. Super-long finish that's so silky. A cuvee of 57% cabernet sauvignon, 21% carmenere, 12% malbec, 7% petit verdot and 3% cabernet franc. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold. 20th Anniversary Berlin Tasting Event, February 2024.
Safra 2008
Avaliado em 2024
Complex, mature nose of savory notes, wet forest floor and wild blackberries, plus some delicate spice and bitter chocolate. Rich and full-bodied with excellent concentration and velvety tannins that very nicely support the bold palate. In spite of this, the long finish emphatically dry and very subtle. From a cool year with a long dry season. A cuvee of 57% cabernet sauvignon, 20% carmenere, 10% merlot, 8% petit verdot and 5% cabernet franc. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold. 20th Anniversary Berlin Tasting Event, February 2024.
Safra 1998
Avaliado em 2024
Striking nose of herbal liqueur, savory notes and blackberry jelly. Much more black and blue fruit on the generous medium- to full-bodied palate than in the nose. Very satisfying balance of ripeness and well-crafted tannins at the front, then good roasted-meat character on the mid-palate, but the finish is a bit short and simple compared with that. From a cool vintage in which the harvest was very late. A cuvee of 90% cabernet sauvignon, 5% carmenere and 5% merlot. Drink or hold. 20th Anniversary Berlin Tasting Event, February 2024.
