2023 Casamatta Bianco
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The 2023 Bianco Casamatta opens in the glass with an airy blend of yellow apples, mint leaf, crushed stone and peach sorbet. It’s silken and elegant on the palate, with medium-bodied weight and notable purity as ripe orchard fruits swirl beneath an air of confectionary spice. This cleans up beautifully, long and crisp with a subtle lemony concentration and a salty mineral bite.
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Jancis Robinson MW
James Suckling
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This is lively and electric on the palate, with sliced apples, pears, granite and salt on both the nose and palate. Umami, grilled seaweed and salt in the finish. This is the first year that all the grapes come from the island of Giglio. All stainless steel. Ansonica with some vermentino and trebbiano. Drink now.
Here's a great value proposition from Bibi Graetz made with Ansonica, Vermentino and Trebbiano from the Tuscan island of Giglio. The 2023 Isola del Giglio Casamatta Bianco offers bright primary fruit, minty apple, citrus and crushed stone. The wine is made in stainless steel only inside what Bibi describes as the smallest cooperative winery in Italy (located in a garage on this sun-kissed island).
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.