Bibi Graetz Toscana Colore 2019

99 POINTS

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.

98 POINTS

Georgina Hindle - 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.

95 POINTS

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. Drink or hold.

94 POINTS

Monica Larner - 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.

94 POINTS

Eric Guido - Vinous

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.

93 POINTS

Kerin O'Keefe - Wine Enthusiast

Forest berry, camphor, toasted nut and floral aromas lift out of the glass on this linear red. The elegantly structured, focused palate features juicy red cherry, blood orange, espresso and star anise alongside taut, refined tannins. It's balanced, with fresh acidity.

90 POINTS

Decanter World Wine Awards

Maraschino cherry, black chocolate, exotic Chinese five-spice, and plenty of rich, dark cherry notes with a multi-layered jammy fruit palate.