2021 Bibi Graetz Colore

The Colore is the flagship and top model Bibi Graetz and is actually a single-vineyard wine as over 90% of the grapes come from old vines (these are majestic plants of 80 to 135 years old) at high altitude in the Lamole where Bibi has five hectares. The Colore is a wine with structure and backbone with intense red berries, red cherry, ferrous earth, crushed flowers and some fragrant herbs. What intense aromas of cherries and raspberries that after some time in the glass change into flowers, roses and orange peel. This is really full and powerful with layers of ripe tannins, with beautiful length and intensity.

The Colore is a Sangiovese wine made from some of the oldest and rarest vineyards in the region. The Sangiovese gives the wine structure and power. Only the best few barrels of the entire production become Colore. The grapes for Colore were hand-picked from 4 vineyards: Lamole, Vincigliata, Olmo and Sienna. Each vineyard was harvested up to 8 times and the grapes are each hand-harvested at the right point of ripeness. After the first selection in the vineyard, a second selection takes place at the winery before destemming. At this stage the berries were gently pressed and placed in open-topped barriques, with great care taken to keep each parcel separate. Fermentation is carried out by indigenous natural yeasts (i.e. 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 transferred to new barriques, where malolactic fermentation takes place. The wine matures for 3 years before being marketed.

Give the Bibi Graetz Colore Sagiovese time to mature and fully open and our advice would be to not open it until around 2024/2025, although it would be great fun to try the development with a Coravin.

“Colore really is our maximum expression. When you taste Colore the first thing that comes out is the flowers. It's an explosion of the senses. It's like spring. You go into the fields and you have perfumes, energy, power, beauty, sunshine...You have everything! And it's all in the Colore 2021.” - Bibi Graetz

FACT: In the Tab: Attachment you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will automatically send it to you when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will also receive a nice discount.