Why do we love it?
We finally managed to find the diamond of Pella, the ultimate unicorn wine that is sold out before it is even released, Bucephale of Ktima Ligas! Yes, we have achieved the incredible! Of course, we are talking about very few bottles so you have to move fast.
Thomas Ligas studied Oenology in France in 1985 and when he returned, he set up his boutique winery, just outside Giannitsa, in order to highlight the unique microclimate and the local varieties. Later, his children, Melissanthi and Jason followed his footsteps and studied oenology in France, while they were getting familiar with the philosophy of permaculture. The wines of the estate are grown without chemicals and pesticides and are vinified as natural wines, as they believe that this is the only way to show the typical character of each variety but also the environment in which the grape grows with the wildflowers and bees. Bucephale is the pride of the winery, made only in exceptional vintages and one of the first wines they made, with the king of the region, Xinomavro. Old vines give their most concentrated fruit, then the wine was fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured for 18 months in French, oak barrels. It is bottled unfiltered and without any other intervention. The limited quantity is purchased before it is even bottled and exported to the best restaurants in the world. This year we managed to find some bottles of this great wine.
Bucephale of Ktima Ligas is the wine that every fan of Xinomavro or a collector must have in his cellar.
Tastes Like
It has moderate ruby color and impressive aromas of sun-dried tomato, black olive paste, herbs, fresh soil, tea leaves, cinnamon, pepper, strawberry jam, pomegranate, fig, leather, plum, and animal hints. Fanatic fans call them "a classic Ligas nose". Rich and complex mouth with medium to full body, sharp acidity, and robust tannins.
