{"product_id":"bibi-graetz-casamatta-toscana-rosso-igt-2023","title":"Bibi Graetz Casamatta 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Land\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSangiovese for Casamatta doesn't come from a single vineyard or even a single hillside. Bibi Graetz sources young vines scattered across the hills stretching from north of Florence, near his home base in Fiesole, south toward Siena. That range gives him room to pick sites for freshness rather than prestige, favoring cooler parcels over the warmer valley floors that tend to produce heavier Sangiovese. The result is fruit built for immediacy rather than aging, picked to preserve acidity and bright red fruit character over power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e100% Sangiovese, vinified entirely in stainless steel to keep the fruit pure and untouched by oak. The wine leads with fresh red cherry and red currant, backed by soft, easy tannins and bright acidity that keeps it lively rather than heavy. There's none of the structure or ambition of Graetz's flagship Testamatta here by design: Casamatta is built to be opened the day you buy it, not cellared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe People\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibi Graetz grew up in Fiesole, in the hills above Florence, where his family has made wine since the 1800s from the grounds of Castello di Vincigliata, a medieval castle his parents bought more than 60 years ago. Trained as a painter rather than a winemaker, he came to wine self-taught in the 1990s after his family's longstanding vineyard contracts expired, and founded his own label in 2000. His top wines, Testamatta and Colore, built his reputation by blending fruit from old, mixed-variety vineyards in a style that broke from Chianti orthodoxy. Casamatta, whose name translates to \"crazy house,\" is the entry point into that same philosophy: less serious, less expensive, but made with the same instinct for freshness and drinkability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a wine for weeknight cooking: pizza with tomato and basil, a simple plate of pasta with red sauce, grilled sausages, or a burger with fresh mozzarella. Its bright acidity and soft tannins mean it works as easily on its own as it does with food.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maverick Wine Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50506893787359,"sku":null,"price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0439\/7436\/1248\/files\/P6300563.jpg?v=1782921527","url":"https:\/\/denverwinemerchant.com\/products\/bibi-graetz-casamatta-toscana-rosso-igt-2023","provider":"Denver Wine Merchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}