the Bibi Graetz 2023 Isola del Giglio Colore Bianco offers a pretty bouquet with peach

The knockout nose

menthol and sandalwood adding breadth to the mix of red and dark pinot fruit scents

dried rose and minerals

Otherwise there is once again fine richness to the round and plump flavors that possess a bit more volume if much less evident minerality on the already beautifully complex finale

Michele et Patrice Rion, Clos Vougeot Vintage:2017 the Bibi Graetz 2023 Isola(from a purchase of fruit and vinified by the domaine). More moderate though hardly invisible wood serves as a less than neutral backdrop for the very pretty red currant, dark cherry aromas spiked with earth and a whiff of leather. There is fine volume and richness to the solidly dense full bodied flavors that possess an attractive texture, all wrapped in a powerful, very firm and lingering finish. This is an excellent effort and its relatively rare