Bibi Graetz Colore
赤ワイン　750ml
[ＩＧＴ］イタリア トスカーナ

[評　価］97点
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.
August 2020 Week 3, The Wine Advocate(21st Aug 2020)

ビービーグラーツは「世界一のワインをつくりたい」という夢に向かって突き進む、自身の思いをこのワインに込めています。Coloreは ビービー グラーツがつくるワインの中で、最も格が高いイタリア最高峰のワインです。熟成の過程で厳選された樽のワインのみを使用した至高の一品。テスタマッタの原酒を樽で熟成させる過程で選び抜かれた最良の３つの樽をブレンドし、つくられるカルトワイン。果実味、凝縮感など言葉に表せないほどの、圧倒的存在感を持っています。