" [...] As Bibi explains, "Colore brings power and freshness, while Testamatta brings transparency and freshness." The Colore shows the pure energy and vivacity of Sangiovese with notes of violet, wild cherry and orange zest. The wine has an elegantly earthy side with a very delineated palate, driven by very fine, quiet tannins. It's a gorgeous wine with a delicately sweet cherry finish. Bibi has made few changes to this wine over the years (with the exception of installing a new winery in Fiesole) in order to achieve an ideal or benchmark Sangiovese. His 2021 is his best wine to date". (The Wine Advocate 2023) - Delivery in wooden cases possible for orders of 3 bottles of this wine (depending on country and shipping method selected).
Features
Estate
Bibi Graetz
Cuvée
Colore
Vintage
2021
Designation
Toscana
Region
Italy
Grape varieties
100% Sangiovese
Terroirs
Poor soils mixed with sand and stone, high altitude, plot selection from the estate's old Sangiovese vineyards: Lamole, Vincigliata, Olmo and Siena.
Viticulture
Traditional and meticulous
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
After the first selection in the vineyards, a second selection takes place in the winery before de-stemming, then plot-by-plot pressing in open-top barrels, fermentation with natural indigenous yeasts for up to 2 weeks, 6-8 daily manual punchings of the cap and pumping-over, maceration on the skins for a further week, malolactic fermentation in old barrels.
Breeding
For 18 months before final blending: only the best barrels are used for Colore
Alcohol content
14%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Medium-intense ruby with bright purple highlights
Nose
Intense, energetic floral scents of violets and lemongrass leaf, enhanced by fruity notes of cherry, raspberry and juicy plum.
Mouth
Elegant and complex, firm tannins, fine grain, unerring structure with wonderful vibrancy, concentrated and long finish, with flavours of fresh flowers, mint, black cherry and blackcurrant.
Serve
Decant at 14-16°C
Open
1 to 2 hours before
Drink from
2024
Drink before
2045
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with grilled entrecôte steak, duck breast with Port wine...
Bibi Graetz
Toscana
Expert opinion
Decanter
Wine rated (guide 2023 ) 99/100
Rated area (2020 guide) Recommended
About the wine:
Another excellent wine from Bibi Graetz, made from a selection of old Sangiovese vines. The nose is herbaceous and spicy, fragrant but with salty aspects rather than floral or fruity. Intense and direct, it hits you hard, with energy and forward motion. It's so elegant and well-defined, soft yet lively and energetic, with beautifully executed tannins. Almost sumptuous and chewy, it gives weight and texture to the palate while being quite light and airy overall. Complex and invigorating, fresh and wild at the same time - I love its character, it's pure but with a sense of authenticity that perfectly encapsulates the terroir and winemaking philosophy. It finishes with notes of mint, licorice, spicy blackcurrant and fresh cherry that are extremely appetizing! 2026-2045
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Wine rated (guide 2023) 98+/100
Domaine noté (guide 2021) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About the wine:
As Bibi explains, "Colore brings power and freshness, while Testamatta brings transparency and freshness." The Colore shows the pure energy and vivacity of Sangiovese with notes of violet, wild cherry and orange zest. The wine has an elegantly earthy side with a very delineated palate, driven by very fine, quiet tannins. It's a gorgeous wine with a delicately sweet cherry finish. Bibi has made few changes to this wine over the years (with the exception of installing a new winery in Fiesole) in order to achieve an ideal or benchmark Sangiovese. His 2021 is his best wine to date. 2024-2045
Wine Enthusiast
Domaine noté (guide 2022) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)
Jancis Robinson
Recommended area
James Suckling
Wine rated (guide 2023 ) 99/100
Rated domain (guide 2022) Recommended
About the wine:
Intense aromas of violet fruits such as raspberry, spices, lead pencil and granite. Fragrant flowers are also present. Full-bodied, tight with balanced tannins that show transparency and concentration. Crisp and very long. Best after 2028, when it will open up and integrate beautifully.
Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux
Wine rated (guide 2023 ) 100/100
About the wine:
I love this wine, its lyricism and generosity, and its ever-vibrant representation of fruit and stone. It's so juicy, so stretched out, it matches the vintage, builds on its low yields, with reines-claudes, raspberries, plums, sweet spices, lemongrass, a minerality sprinkled with mandarin peel and sage. Translucent yet full of flavor, it once again invites you to sit back in a chair, gather your friends and enjoy. A brilliant wine and a brilliant winemaker in Bibi Graetz.
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