Syrah/Limnio, Estate Red, Ktima Gerovassiliou 2022
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Why this wine
Syrah leads, with the Greek Limnio for savoury depth and Merlot for flesh, aged a year in French oak and bottled without fining or filtration. Gerovassiliou built his name on white wine, but the Estate Red is the bottle that shows how far the Epanomi vineyard reaches.
At a glance
- Grape
- Syrah 60%, Limnio 20%, Merlot 20%
- Region
- Macedonia, Greece
- Alcohol
- 14.00%
- Body
- Full
- Acidity
- Medium
- Tannins
- Medium
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Short (3-5 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Red Meat, Barbecue, Cheese
How it tastes
A pronounced bouquet of black fruit, ripe plum and wild cherry with a hint of spice, turning savoury towards dark chocolate and coffee. Full-bodied and concentrated, the tannins gentle against considerable fruit intensity, the finish long, spicy and persistent. Syrah 60%, Limnio 20%, Merlot 20%.
The producer
Ktima Gerovassiliou is the work of Evangelos Gerovassiliou, who began the revival of his family's vineyard by planting the almost-extinct Malagousia in 1981. The single private vineyard on the slopes of Epanomi now runs to 100 hectares of certified sustainable planting, on mainly sandy soils with a few clay substrates and calcareous rock rich in marine fossils, cooled by sea breezes off a coast that surrounds the estate on three sides. The three varieties were vinified by classic red fermentation methods, aged roughly 12 months in French oak barrels and bottled without fining or filtration.
Food and drinking
Serve at 16-18°C. Good with grilled lamb, ribeye, barbecued beef and hard sheep's cheese. Drinking now and over the next five to eight years; an hour in a decanter helps it open. Sealed with DIAM. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.