2019 | Bibi Graetz | Colore Bianco

This small parcel of Pietrabona vineyards on Isola del Giglio gives us this super quality Ansonica grape deserving to be vinifiesd separately. Orange flowers, light zesty hints from the first moment of the fermentation, transformed into blood orange notes in the wine. Colore 2019 is outstanding, full of personality and with remarkable identity, a unique expression of this terroir.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The Bibi Graetz 2019 Colore Bianco is packed with peach, melon and poached pear. This is a soulful, Mediterranean wine that never follows any specify diagram or plan, thus underlining the carefully artisanal approach used in its creation. Colore Bianco is made with Ansonica grapes from the tiny island of Giglio, and the wine tends to show a slightly oxidative style with waxy fruit and nutty aromas. You get those here, but you are also reminded of sea breeze, marine salt and seaside bramble or dried herb. The wine has the mid-weight consistency to pair with shellfish or white meat. My bottle tasted even more delicate and fine when I came back to it one day later.

• James Suckling: A dense yet agile white with sliced lemon, apple, peach and stones. It’s full-bodied, yet energetic and precise with minerals and hints of salt. A thoroughly complex white. Ansonica from a single vineyard on Giglio Island.

Producer Information

Bibi Graetz is a Tuscan wine producer based in Fiesole, in the hills northeast of Florence. The company is particularly known for its flagship wine Testamatta ('Crazy Head'), an IGT Toscana produced from Sangiovese. The estate took its modern shape in the mid 1990s when Bibi Graetz began taking an interest in the family vineyard, which until then was largely producing wine for family consumption. By 2001, Graetz had moved towards a more quality-oriented outlook, and began scouting out additional vineyard parcels in the area to rent. The estate now has approximately 30 hectares (75 acres) of vines that are divided into small, organically farmed plots. Graetz makes a range of IGT Toscana wines under the Testamatta name. This includes Colore, a blend of Sangiovese, Canaiolo and Colorino, and Soffocone di Vincigliata, a single-vineyard wine that has gained notoriety for its name, which is local slang for a particular sex act. Several white wines are also made at the estate. These include Bugia, an IGT Toscana made from old vine Ansonica and fermented partly in barrique prior to six months of aging.

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