Château Saint-Esprit – Famille Croce-Spinelli Nébra (Red)

Château Saint-Esprit – Famille Croce-Spinelli Nébra (Red)

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  • 2022

    Opaque ruby. Spice and leather. Restrained and closed on the nose. A whisper of reduction. Opens up on the palate to black fruit, liquorice and firm, inky tannins. Slightly saline minerality. Linear, disciplined and utterly no-nonsense, but with a hint of ripe fruit hiding behind that rigour. Tannins are a little drying and inky, but it is quite charming and very elegant.

    Tasted April 2026

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We’re mother and son duo Elizabeth Gabay MW and Ben Bernheim. Between us, we’ve been involved in the wines of southern France for over 30 years. Elizabeth started working with the wines of Provence back in 1986, and for the past 20 years has lived on the eastern edge of south-east France. We’ve worked on three books on rosé: Rosé Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution (2018), Elizabeth Gabay’s Buyers Guide to the Rosés of Southern France (2021 e-guide) and, most recently Rosés of Southern France (2022).

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