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Kompsos Liatiko, Karavitakis 2022

Red Wine from Greece

8 Reviews

Nikos Karavitakis has worked hard on getting even more out of the pale liatiko grape, and we think this is his best yet. Deeper in colour than previous and with less oak this is a far richer, fruiter style showcasing the grapes plummy and cherry fruit beautifully alongside fine tannins and fresh acidity.

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Code: GR2811

Wine characteristics

Red Wine
Medium-bodied
75cl
Drinking now
13% Alcohol
oak used but not v. noticeable
Cork, diam

Karavitakis

The Karavitakis family have owned land and vineyard at Kolymbari near Chania for four generations and have been bottling their own wines for 20 years. They are part of a movement called Wines of Crete, including many other young independent growers, which has challenged the view of some of the older-generation that the old oxidative wines were best. Since 1998 the vineyards have been refurbished, a new winery built and equipped and new varieties planted, and everything is farmed sustainably without the use of chemicals.

As well as owning their own vineyards the family also obtain grapes from small estates with which they work closely, sending their own agriculturalist to assure themselves of the quality vineyard management and of the fruit. Nikos Karavitakis is the new generation making wine here and like his father he champions local varieties such as the white, apricot-scented vidiano and red kotsifali and mandilaria varieties. This attention to detail and the forward thinking go arm in arm with the traditional values of the family which means that we are likely to hear more of them.

The Observer

...a red from another country with a meze tradition: Karavitakis’s take on the Cretan grape liatiko, with its food-friendly sweet-sour red-fruit tanginess.

David Williams

Sunday 24th Mar 2024

JancisRobinson.com

Liatiko is a fine Cretan vine and Nikos Karavitakis has fashioned pure pleasure from it.

Jancis Robinson MW

Saturday 9th Dec 2023

JancisRobinson.com

Very pale garnet. Zingy, minerally nose. Then sweetness. Some may find the wine a little sweet for their taste; but it’s interesting and distinctive. GV

Jancis Robinson MW

Friday 6th Oct 2023

The Daily Telegraph

Some spicy notes here in a fine example of the pale-skinned Cretan grape liatiko, made by the Karavitakis winery in the north-west of the island. Apparently, previous vintages were oakier; this new...

Some spicy notes here in a fine example of the pale-skinned Cretan grape liatiko, made by the Karavitakis winery in the north-west of the island. Apparently, previous vintages were oakier; this new release majors on a compote of Victoria plums and black cherries. It also has a subtly tart edge and would partner well with, and cut through, fatty meat like roast pork.

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Victoria Moore

Saturday 7th Oct 2023