Maximo Abete La Rosa (Rosé)

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  • 2023

    Maximo Abete La Rosa (Rosé) 2023 - Highly RecommendedTasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW & Ben Bernheim

    Still very youthful, this dark coppery salmon pink has restrained aromas of pretty white flowers, stone fruit and hints of creamy lees and oak. Quite tight and closed on the palate opening out to reveal lightly floral notes and full bodied and crunchy wild redcurrants and taut wild raspberries giving a slightly pithy and fresh acidity. Textured, gravelly, linear structure, and a slightly black, inky salinity on the finish. The elegant austerity of this wine pointing away from the fuller bodied Navarran style and towards the more modern, Provençal-inspired mineral 'gris' style rosés.

    Tasted January 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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