BIBI GRAETZ 'Testamatta' Rosso Isola del Giglio 2023 Bottle

Description

The 2023 Bibi Graetz Testamatta is an exceptional Sangiovese blend, receiving outstanding accolades and scoring 98 points from both James Suckling and Decanter. Suckling describes it as having seductive aromas of flowers, cherries, and lemon blossoms, with a crunchy, polished palate and firm, silky tannins that embody structure and finesse. Decanter highlights its captivating slaty, stony scents intermingling with wild strawberries and oranges, delivering fresh, vibrating dark cherry and red berry fruits, followed by a stunning finish of blood orange and salinity. Notably, The Wine Advocate rated it 93 points, noting its freshness and fine tannins, emphasizing the limited production due to challenging vintage conditions. With a drinking window from 2025 to 2038, this wine is poised to impress and evolve beautifully over time.

*****

JAMES SUCKLING 98 points

Seductive aromas of flowers, cherries, lemon blossoms and roses. Medium-bodied, crunchy and polished, with firm, silky, ultra-fine tannins. It’s all about structure with finesse. Such energy and tension. Complex and beautiful in the finish. A blend of sangiovese from Olmo and Lamole in Chianti Classico. Give this three or four years to come around. - James Suckling

DECANTER 98 points

Drinking Window: 2025 - 2038

2023 was ‘a very complicated vintage’, according to Bibi Graetz, who produced 32,000 bottles of Testamatta 2023 out of a typical production of over 100,000. Despite the issues, he claims it's ‘probably the best Testamatta we have made’ – and I wholeheartedly agree. Slatey, stony scents mingle with fragrant wild strawberry, raspberry and orange peel. It's incredibly fresh and precise in the mouth, offering vibrating dark cherry and red berry fruits at the core surrounded by flecks of salt and herbs , then a stunning, extended finish of blood orange, cherry and lip-smacking sapidity. Wow! Approximately 80% of the fruit is sourced from vines in Fiesole, and 20% from Lamole.