Bibi Graetz, Testamatta, 2023
Bibi Graetz, Testamatta, 2023
- 75cl
- 14%
- Red Still
- Sangiovese
- Organic
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Optimal drinking window: Now - 2040
Est. delivery early 2026
Bibi Graetz is one of Tuscany’s true originals. A painter-turned-winemaker whose work on the hillsides above Florence has redefined what modern Tuscan wine can be. For nearly two decades, he’s been crafting Testamatta ('crazy head') from old-vine Sangiovese scattered across Chianti Classico’s highest, most characterful sites.
After the first wave of Supertuscans, Sassicaia, Tignanello and their kin, Bibi represents the next generation of pioneers: less about Bordeaux blends, more about rediscovering Tuscany’s native voice. His vineyards, populated by gnarled fifty- to eighty-year-old vines, yield fruit of remarkable concentration and depth.
Testamatta is assembled like a mosaic; parcels from differing altitudes, exposures and soils, each contributing a fragment of colour and texture. Fermentation is spontaneous, ageing largely in used oak to preserve purity, and the result is a wine that seems to shimmer with energy rather than weight.
What the critics say:
"What's not to love about this wine? Fragrant, gripping, welcoming, mouthwatering, with rose petals and raspberries that expand through the palate, with touches of incense, sage, white pepper, totally delicious and a perfect example of what joy Sangiovese can bring. Bibi Graetz owner and winemaker, this is a fabulous vintage of Testamatta. Tasted twice."
"A wild nose, savoury and darkly fruited. Some earthy scents - soy, iodine and tobacco. So seductively pure and delicious. Easy to drink with a clarity and concentration that is perfectly balanced. Sumptuous, filling and deep with fleshy tannins that give such excellent width and scope to the wine but keeping a direct core from start to finish. Orange rind, dried herbs, pumice stone and cumin. Deliciously lifted and effortless but charming and smiley too. I could drink this all day. What a wonderful wine. Joyous and moreish with incredible sapidity and mouthwatering acidity. What more could you want?! Lovely minerality on the finish too, salty stones, cola and chalk. Effortless."
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