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Colore 2018 600cl

IGT | Toskana | Italien
CHF 2’053.90
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99 James Suckling
What intense aromas of cherries and raspberries! Then it turns to flowers and orange peel. Roses, too. This is really full and powerful with layers of ripe tannins. It’s super fine-tannined, but shows wonderful length and intensity. A great expression of Lamole in Chianti Classico with ancient vines. Some older than 100 years. Best ever? Superb. Try after 2024 and onwards. Check Wine Searcher Price · Download Shelftalker
97 Robert Parker
Compared to the Testamatta that proved more difficult during the blending phase, Bibi Graetz's 2018 Colore came together without a hitch, as he tells it. With this vintage, the Colore (with 9,000 bottles produced) has almost become a single-vineyard wine, since up to 90% of its fruit comes from old vines (these are majestic plants from 80 to 135 years old) in the high-altitude Lamole area where Bibi farms five hectares. The addition of Colorino to this Sangiovese-based wine has been reduced to a mere 5% in this vintage: "Just like a touch of lipstick," Bibi says. The Colorino grape adds noticeable lift and buoyancy in this vintage. Next to the Testamatta, you get more structure and backbone here, with deep and penetrating red berry fruit, ruby cherry, crushed aspirin, ferrous earth, crushed flowers and some of the fragrant steeping herbs used in Fernet-Branca. My only hesitation is that the wine takes long to yield on the bouquet, and I coaxed two bottles of Colore over two days before writing this note. As a result, I recommend pushing the drinking window forward by a few extra years to give the wine time to flesh out and open fully.
97 Robert Parker
Compared to the Testamatta that proved more difficult during the blending phase, Bibi Graetz's 2018 Colore came together without a hitch, as he tells it. With this vintage, the Colore (with 9,000 bottles produced) has almost become a single-vineyard wine, since up to 90% of its fruit comes from old vines (these are majestic plants from 80 to 135 years old) in the high-altitude Lamole area where Bibi farms five hectares. The addition of Colorino to this Sangiovese-based wine has been reduced to a mere 5% in this vintage: "Just like a touch of lipstick," Bibi says. The Colorino grape adds noticeable lift and buoyancy in this vintage. Next to the Testamatta, you get more structure and backbone here, with deep and penetrating red berry fruit, ruby cherry, crushed aspirin, ferrous earth, crushed flowers and some of the fragrant steeping herbs used in Fernet-Branca. My only hesitation is that the wine takes long to yield on the bouquet, and I coaxed two bottles of Colore over two days before writing this note. As a result, I recommend pushing the drinking window forward by a few extra years to give the wine time to flesh out and open fully.
93 Wine Spectator
A plump yet vibrant style that embraces peach, melon, floral and subtle vanilla flavors. Creamy in texture, ending with uplifting elements of bitter grapefruit and iodine. Shows fine harmony and length. Bracing and minerally. Decant. Drink now through 2024. 65 cases made, 25 cases imported.
93 Wine Spectator
A plump yet vibrant style that embraces peach, melon, floral and subtle vanilla flavors. Creamy in texture, ending with uplifting elements of bitter grapefruit and iodine. Shows fine harmony and length. Bracing and minerally. Decant. Drink now through 2024. 65 cases made, 25 cases imported.
Hersteller
Bibi Graetz
Bibi Graetz ist in erster Linie Künstler und Absolvent der Academia dell’Arte in Florenz, der in den späten 1990er-Jahren den Wein für sich entdeckte und seitdem zu einem der kreativsten Winzer der Toskana wurde. Der in Italien geborene und aufgewachsene Graetz, der nie eine formale Weinausbildung genossen hat, produziert seine Weine am Familiensitz in Fiesole, einer Burg namens Castello di Vincigliata. Schon früh verlegte er sich auf den Anbau einheimischer toskanischer Sorten, vorwiegend Sangiovese, aber auch Colorino und Canaiolo und sehr geringe Mengen Malvasia Nera und Moscato Nero. Die Früchte stammen von 30 bis 60 Jahre alten Reben in der Region Chianti Classico, einschließlich der Maremma, der Insel Giglio und Montalcino. Die Vinifikation erfolgt in offenen Fermentern, und die Resultate sind von einem tintenschwarzen Rot und offenbaren eine spektakuläre Intensität und Genialität. Das Flaggschiff Testamatta (was soviel heißt wie „Hitzkopf“) ist ein kraftstrotzender Roter aus ausschließlich alten Sangiovese, mit Noten von Kirsche und Tabak. Eine weitere Besonderheit dieser Weine sind ihre Etiketten, die Graetz, von der toskanischen Sonne inspiriert, alle selber entwirft. Die Weine dieses von der Kunst geküssten Kultwinzers werden mit jedem Jahrgang noch besser und sind hochgradig sammelwürdige Toskaner.