Itay Lahat Garrigue (Rosé)
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2024
Itay Lahat Garrigue (Rosé) 2024 - OutstandingTasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW & Ben Bernheim
Very pale salmon pink. Very ripe, concentrated fruit, counterbalanced by a mouth watering salinity and crunchy, fresh redcurrant berries. Surprisingly concentrated but without being weighty, with length which just keeps going and fine mineral elegance. Fermentation and ageing in used barrels gives added structure and richness. This is the first vintage - so looking forward to see how this ages and develops. Certainly one of the best rosés coming out of Israel right now
Tasted July 2025This tasting note was included in this report and this story:
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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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