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Red dry
Colore is the highest expression of Bibi Graetz dream. Poor soils mixed with sand and stone and high altitude create the perfect terroir for a wine that tells a lot about Tuscany and its ancient taste. The grapes were selected from 3 vineyards: Lamole, Vincigliata and Siena, from over 70 years old vines. Each parcel is aged separately for almost 20 months before the final blend is decided. Only the best few barrels of the whole production will become Colore. Red cherries and strawberries dominate the nose with softly-spiced liquorice touches. 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.Colore 2019 celebrates 20th anniversary of Bibi Graetz as a winemaker.
Serve at 16-18 °C with red meats.
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.
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.
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 southern-most 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.
Bibi Graetz is one of the most distinctive figures in contemporary Tuscan winemaking. The winery was founded in 2000 on the hill of Fiesole, near Florence, the place where Bibi grew up. From this historic site, there is not only a breathtaking view of Florence, but also a truly unique terroir.
From the very beginning, Bibi Graetz was drawn to the old vineyards of Tuscany – to their subtlety, elegance, and ability to express pure fruit character. Unlike many producers in the region, Bibi deliberately turned his attention to abandoned and forgotten plots of very old vines. Today, the estate manages and cares for one of the largest collections of old vineyards in Tuscany, with some parcels reaching 70 to over 100 years of age.
The majority of Bibi Graetz wines are made from traditional local varieties, primarily ‘Sangiovese’, as well as ‘Colorino’ and ‘Canaiolo’. The winery seeks to highlight the authentic character of each site, applying minimal intervention in the vineyards, natural fermentation, and restrained ageing.
The style of Bibi Graetz wines is defined by elegance, precision, and aromatic clarity. His most renowned wines, such as “Testamatta” and “Colore,” have become benchmarks of modern Tuscan winemaking and are highly regarded around the world.
Today, Bibi Graetz is considered one of the most important independent winemakers in Tuscany, proving that the true greatness of the region lies in its old vines, small-batch production, and authentic expression of Tuscan terroir.
