2011 Testamatta
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Tasting notes
A dry but relatively fresh year, not as concentrated as the 2010 but it has finesse, with dried rosemary, cloves and tobacco notes. This has a chiselled and focused quality to the fruits, with Sangiovese character. At this point things were changing in the vineyard, with shoots left to grow rather than being cut back during the season, more bunches left on the vines to increase yield, and organic farming. Balanced, fresh, elegant, ready to drink. Moreish.
Critic scores
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
About the producer
Based just outside Florence, Bibi Graetz is something of a maverick in the Tuscan wine scene. Working with old vineyards of indigenous grapes around Chianti, he produces intense wines classified as IGT Toscana; not fitting neatly in either the Super Tuscan or Chianti camp.