Ktima Spiropoulos Limna Vineyard (Rosé)

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  • 2021

    Mature copper pink with sweet oak, pipe tobacco and generous spice with hints of cream and sweet mellow oak aromatics. Sweet, oxidative, unapologetically rich, with marmalade, dried apricots, earl grey and a whisper of black tea. Lovely acidity on the palate, with pretty crisp red berries, old cream lace, pot pourri and ripe quince. Aniseed and a saline herbal sharpness with quite generous alcohol on the finish. Exciting and powerful, with an old world restrained class. Would have liked a touch more fullness and red fruit, but this is not a pool wine; it's a whole other category, full of autumn sunlight and complexity.

    Tasted July 2026

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About us

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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