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BIBI GRAETZ Colore, Toscana IGT 2019 Bottle
bibi graetz
BIBI GRAETZ Colore, Toscana IGT 2019 Bottle
About this wine
Bibi Graetz Colore, Toscana IGT
Bibi Graetz is a Tuscan native raised as an artist. Since the 90s, he has poured his art into character-filled wines out of the storybook village of Fiesole perched in scenic decadence five kilometres from Florence. Considered a cult label, the wines of Bibi Graetz are abundant in authentic Tuscan soul. The Colore is the label’s flagship wine, the highest expression created by Bibi Graetz.
100% Sangiovese from vines over 70 years of age, sand, stone, and high altitudes make for the ideal confluence of factors to produce this authentic expression of Tuscan terroir. Only the very best barrels of Sangiovese produced by Bibi Graetz year on year become the Colore.
A profound and luscious red hue, red cherry and rose petal aromas meet earth, herbs and crushed rocks. A savoury palate meets with vibrant acidity to assure a wine that will do well in the cellar.
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Expert Review
Monica Larner
Dressed for a party, the Bibi Graetz 2019 Colore celebrates the estate's 20th anniversary with a special commemorative (2000-2019) bottle. This vintage of Colore is 100% Sangiovese (the small part of Colorino in the blend we saw last year has been removed) because Bibi thought the Sangiovese elegant enough to stand alone. Fruit comes from three vineyard sites with 70-, 80- and 90-year-old vines, respectively. The wine offers big intensity and beautifully lifted aromas and more textural support than we saw in the slightly thinner 2018 vintage. The bouquet reveals balsam herb, cassis, pressed rose, garden mint and crushed stone. Fruit from the southernmost site, Poggio Matto in Casciano del Murlo (in the province of Siena), was blended in at a greater percentage to help build the structure and momentum of this cellar-worthy wine.
96 points, Wine Advocate (August 2021)
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James Suckling
This is so perfumed and seductive, with blackberries, cherries, dried flowers and perfume. It’s full-bodied and tight with very fine tannins. Really structured and long. Superb tannin texture. So fine, yet so powerful. This is an incredible combination of fruit and structure. Old-vine magic. Drink after 2026.
99 points, JamesSuckling.com (February 2022)
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Eric Guido
Sweet spices, autumnal leaves, wild strawberries and white smoke hints make the 2019 Colore a total pleasure on the nose. This is wildly energetic and spry with tart wild berries accelerated by zesty acidity. Its fruits are crisp and pure, driven by saline minerality and exotic spices. The 2019 finishes lightly structured and buzzing with residual tension as licorice and balsamic tones slowly fade. This is a radiant beauty and nearly unrecognizable from the old, large-scale stylings of Bibi Graetz. Well done.
94 points, Vinous (March 2023)
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Decanter
The ‘dream’ in Italian, this is from very old, high-altitude vineyards on stony soils mixed with sand and stone. This is one of the wines of the tasting, a real showstopper that captures your interest and holds it all the way. Red cherries and strawberries dominate the nose with softly-spiced liquorice touches. But it’s the texture that’s so captivating, gripping straight away and holding you there, but in a soft and gentle way. Bright acidity comes in keeping things fresh and welcoming while the structure and length give a lovely roundness. A real success. Grapes for Colore are sourced from three vineyards, with each harvested up to eight times. After the first selection in the vineyards, a second selection occurs at the winery before destemming where grapes are softly pressed and placed in open-top barriques, keeping each plot and parcel separate from the others. The fermentation is conducted naturally by indigenous yeasts without temperature control lasting up to two weeks, with one extra week of maceration on the skins. After the fermentation the wine is moved into new barriques, where the malolactic fermentation happens. Each parcel is aged separately for almost 20 months before the final blend is decided.
98 points, Georgina Hindle, Decanter (July 2021)