The 2007 Colore harkens back to a period that produced wildly uneven wines here. Dark cherries, plums, tobacco, cloves and licorice open up on the pliant, mid-palate, but that's pretty much it. The finish is short, compact and attenuated. Overall, the 2007 Colore is a far cry from Bibi Graet'z best wines. Colore is a Sangiovese/Canaiolo/Colorino blend. Both bottles I tasted were disappointing.

Sangiovese, Canaiolo, Colorino. A fine Tuscan vintage with a precocious growing season followed by a very hot July. Rains in August slowed things a bit but the harvest was still around two weeks earlier than normal. An elegant vintage which is a bit less opulent than the fine 2006. Refined, leafy, elegant wine with less depth and intensity than 2010. Fresh and pure on the palate with soft raspberry fruit merging with a hit of tobacco and autumn leaves. Drinking at its best over the next 3–4 years. (AH)