The Colore is the flagship and top model of Bibi Graetz and is in fact a single vineyard wine as over 90% of the grapes come from old vines (these are majestic plants that are 80 to 135 years old) at high altitude in the Lamole where Bibi farms five hectares. The addition of Colorino to this Sangiovese based wine has been reduced to just 5% in this 2018 vintage: "Like a touch of lipstick it gives that extra touch", says Bibi. The Colore is a wine with structure and backbone with intense red berries, red cherry, ferrous earth, crushed flowers and some of the fragrant herbs. What intense aromas of cherry and raspberry which with time in the glass turn into flowers, roses and orange peel. This is really full and powerful with layers of ripe tannins. With a beautiful length and intensity.
The Colore is a wine made with traditional Tuscan grapes from some of the oldest and rarest vineyards in the region. The Sangiovese represents the structure and power of the wine and the Colorino grape gives velvety tannins. Only the best few barrels of the entire production are Colore. The grapes used for Colore come mainly from the Lamole vineyard (90%), with a little from Vincigliata located in Siena. Each vineyard has been harvested up to 8 times and the grapes are individually hand-picked at the right point of ripeness. After the first selection in the vineyard, a second selection takes place at the winery for destemming. The berries at this stage are gently pressed and placed in open-topped barriques, with great care taken to keep each plot separate. Fermentation is carried out by indigenous natural yeasts (so the yeasts on the grape) with 6 to 8 manual pushdowns per day, without temperature control for 2 weeks with 1 additional week of maceration on the skins. After fermentation, the wine is moved to new barriques, where the malolactic fermentation takes place. The wine matures for 3 years before it becomes available.
Give the Bibi Graetz Colore Sagiovese time to come out and fully open and our advice is to open it around 2023 although it is very nice to try the development with a Coravin . The Colore 2020 is extremely pure. Red and black cherries, strawberry, orange and mandarin. Clearly mineral too. Very deep, not heavy at all. Energetic, cleansing tannin structure. Still subdued at the moment, but very promising. The very long finish betrays the long future.
FACT: In the tab 'Attachments' you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will automatically send you this when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will often also receive a nice discount . You will see your discount immediately when you choose 'Pick up' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht almost next to the A16 with plenty of parking. Click here for our address.
