2022 Bibi Graetz - Testamatta Bianco Toscana IGT

Decanter.com – 94 pts – GH: *Invigorating scents on the nose with this 100% Ansonica, expressive and so fragrant with jasmine, dried herbs, honeysuckle, dried apricot and lemon curd. Supple yet concentrated, full bodied on the palate with a core of dried, fresh and stone fruit and a steely minerality underpinned by soft but fresh acidity. A serious, gourmet wine, with structure but remains focussed and direct from start to finish. The texture is sleek but the flavours expand horizontally around gripping the cheeks and giving a mouthwatering effect. Finishes with an appealing salty, minty, cooling bitterness that lingers. Quietly captivating with more nuance to come after a few more years in the bottle. First vintage 2016.* - 08/2023

JancisRobinson.com – 17+/20pts – WS: *100% Ansonica from Vigneto del Serrone, a 120-year-old vineyard in the north of Giglio, an island off the coast of Grosseto. The vineyard, on granite and sandy soils, gives aromatic wines, even if the variety itself is not very aromatic. It is thick-skinned and could travel well and used to be sold as table grapes to the mainland. Fermented and aged for 12 months in barriques. 4,000 bottles made. Brilliant straw. A gorgeous, perfumed nose with garden herbs and basil and chalk and just the suggestion of mint? Amazing precision, and the fruit is just right at the edge before it turns into orange or mandarin. Fine citric palate. Great focus but taut and viscous and holding back a little. Very precise and long.* - 10/2023