Bibi Graetz, Colore, 2023
Bibi Graetz, Colore, 2023
- 75cl
- 13.5%
- Red Still
- Sangiovese
- Organic
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Optimal drinking window: Now - 2045
Est. delivery early 2026
Colore is Bibi Graetz's masterpiece, distilled from the most precious parcels: minute, high-altitude plots in Lamole, Vincigliata and Siena, each planted with venerable Sangiovese vines that cling to stony, poor soils and yield heartbreakingly small quantities of fruit.
Everything about Colore is obsessive. The grapes are hand-sorted not once but three times - in the vineyard, at the winery door, and again before fermentation, to ensure only the purest berries make the cut. Fermentation is spontaneous in open-top barrels, allowing gentle extraction and maximum transparency of site. Ageing takes place in a mix of new and used French oak for around 20 months, the aim not to dress the wine but to refine its natural shape.
What the critics say:
"Balanced, juicy, characterful, with waves of rose petals, crushed raspberries and a touch of grilled oak. Combines precision and carefully-placed tannic architecture with a generosity of spirit, lifting the foot off the pedal exactly when you want it to. This is great winemaking, well judged and full of joy, one of the wines of the lineup. Tasted again at home with friends, and it's a wine that you want to share. Fermented and aged in large oak casks."
"Deep and heady on the nose. Fragrant with hints of blood, iron and saltiness. Nice energy to this, there’s a clarity and precision with great detail and definition to the elements. Tannins coat the mouth in a fine layer of flavour with lots of minerality on the finish. A little quieter than some Colore but this has depth and such nuance. After a few minutes the flavours evolve and widen giving juicy, almost sweet and fleshy strawberry with a tangy acidity that keeps everything lifted. Such an amazing wine, clearly confident but understated and not shouting at all. Bibi is excellent."
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