Bibi GraetzSoffocone Di Vincigliata 2018

Product code: 11474
£31.45 inc VAT
Italy
Red Wine from
Tuscany, Italy
Country
Country: Italy
Region
Region: Tuscany
Type
Type: Red Wine
Winery
Winery: Bibi Graetz
Alcohol
Alcohol: 13.5%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Grape
Grape: Sangiovese
Grape: 100% Sangiovese
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Country
Country: Italy
Region
Region: Tuscany
Type
Type: Red Wine
Winery
Winery: Bibi Graetz
Alcohol
Alcohol: 13.5%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Grape
Grape: Sangiovese
Grape: 100% Sangiovese

Product Notes

Bibi Graetz's Soffocone Di Vincigliata is a renowned Italian wine that displays a deep ruby color. The aroma of this wine is intense and exhibits notes of blackberries, cherries, licorice, and hints of oak. On the palate, one can taste ripe black fruit flavors, clove, anise, and a touch of spices. This wine has a medium acidity that complements the rich, full-bodied texture. Soffocone Di Vincigliata is made predominantly from Sangiovese grapes, and the wine's impressive complexity comes from the perfect balance between the fruit and the oak tannins. This wine is best paired with red meat dishes and strong-flavored cheeses.

Tasting Notes

Soffocone is a Sangiovese tribute to the hill of Vincigliata, where everything started for Bibi Graetz. In this wine Sangiovese is at its highest level of expression - rich and elegance. Floral and red fruit on the nose, velvety tannins and a long finish.

About the Winery

Bibi Graetz

Bibi Graetz is one of the classic Italian wines to have been founded recently. This label was established in 2000 in a beautiful hilly region of Fiesole, located on top of Florence. Though he was born in a family of art lovers, Bibi was quite keen on winemaking right from a young age, and turned his passion into a profession in 2000, when he set up his own wine label.

Bibi’s parents had acquired a medieval castle, Castello di Vincigliata over 60 years ago. Bibi started making his wines from a small 5-acre vineyard in this castle. Though this label has only two decades of winemaking experience, it is currently one of the most loved and imaginative wines today in the country. Apart from being a great artist, Bibi now dons the role of “cult winemaker” quite easily.

Though he didn’t have any professional or formal training to make wines, Bibi has been relying on his intuitions and expert team to make some of the most scintillating Tuscan wines. When he created the Testamatta and Colore wines, he created a revolution in the Italian wine industry. During the 1990s, almost all leading wine publications spoke highly of Bibi Graetz wines, because of the brand’s unique approach to winemaking. 

The parcels, from where the reds and whites are selected, play a huge role in the complexity, depth and intensity of the wines produced under this label. Bibi chooses the reds from some of the oldest vines in Tuscany, while he chooses the whites from the old vines in Isola del Giglio. Sangiovese, Colorino and Canaiolo are the red varietals used, while indigenous whites, such as Ansonica and Vermentino, are used to create Bibi Graetz wines. Bibi’s passion for making wines from traditional varieties of reds and whites has led to the label producing some of the most distinctive wines of Tuscany.

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