White · 2025
Xynisteri
Xynisteri
Lemon peel, white flowers, a salty finish. Stainless steel, bottled in February.
€15750 ml · 12.5%
Family wine estate · since 1962
Wine from the windy ridge above Vasa.
A family estate in the Limassol wine villages. Fourteen hectares of Cypriot grapes, 900 to 1,040 metres up, made into wine in our own cellar.
The estate
Three generations on one hillside.
Loizos Iacovou planted his first Mavro and Xynisteri on the ridge in 1962, as low bush vines, the way everyone in Vasa did.
The wind that gave the place its name keeps the vines dry and the nights cool, even in August. His grandchildren, Andri and Christos, farm the same terraces by hand today. We built the cellar in 2003 and have bottled everything we grow ever since.
- Our highest parcel
- 1,040m
- Vineyards we own
- 14ha
- Age of our oldest vines
- 62years
- Bottles in a good year
- 41,000
Figures are illustrative. Ktima Anemorachi is a fictional estate.
Soil & grapes
Chalk, altitude and five Cypriot grapes.
Our soils are white and chalky, poor in everything except drainage. Days are hot, summer nights drop to 15°C, and the grapes ripen slowly. We only grow varieties that have been on the island for centuries.
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Xynisteri
The island’s white grape. Citrus, salt, a little almond. Most of what we grow.
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Promara
Nearly gone twenty years ago. Peach, fennel and more body than Xynisteri.
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Mavro
The old workhorse of the villages. On sixty-year-old bush vines it gives light, spicy reds.
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Maratheftiko
Deep colour, wild cherry, firm tannin. It can’t pollinate itself, so it grows beside Mavro.
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Yiannoudi
Rediscovered in a few old village vineyards in the 2000s. Black fruit, herbs, a long finish.
The wines
Eight wines, all from the ridge.
Cellar door prices. We deliver anywhere in Cyprus, free on orders over €90. Wine is sold to over-18s only.
White · 2025
Promara
Promara
Ripe peach, fennel, a round texture. Six months on its lees.
€22750 ml · 13%
White · 2024
Lithari
Xynisteri, single parcel
From the 1971 parcel below the chapel, fermented in used 500-litre barrels. Lemon curd, toasted almond.
€27750 ml · 13%
Rosé · 2025
Anemos Rosé
Maratheftiko & Mavro
Pale and dry. Wild strawberry, pomegranate, mountain herbs.
€14750 ml · 12.5%
Red · 2023
Old Vine Mavro
Mavro
Light red from 62-year-old bush vines. Sour cherry and pepper. Serve it cool.
€18750 ml · 13%
Red · 2022
Maratheftiko
Maratheftiko
Blackberry, violets, firm tannin. Twelve months in French oak.
€29750 ml · 14%
Red · 2021
Yiannoudi
Yiannoudi
Our most serious red. Black cherry, carob, dried thyme. 2,400 bottles made.
€38750 ml · 14%
Sweet · 2014
Commandaria
Xynisteri & Mavro, sun-dried
From our old parcel in Silikou, one of the fourteen Commandaria villages. Ten years in oak. Raisin, carob honey, orange peel.
€48500 ml · 15%
The year
A year on the ridge.
01 January – February
Pruning
We prune every bush vine by hand, two buds to a spur. It takes the four of us about six weeks.
02 April – May
Budburst
Late, because of the altitude: around mid-April, a few weeks after the vineyards near the coast. Frost is the worry now.
03 July
Veraison
The red grapes change colour. We thin the bunches but leave the leaves on: the sun at 1,000 metres is strong.
04 Late August – early October
Harvest
Picked at dawn into 15 kg crates, Xynisteri first and Yiannoudi last. Every crate is in the cellar within the hour.
05 October – December
In the cellar
Slow, cool fermentations, then the reds go into barrel. In December we taste every tank and decide the blends.
The cellar
Small, cool, and by gravity where we can.
- 01
Sorting
Every crate goes over the sorting table. Anything we wouldn’t eat ourselves stays out.
- 02
Pressing & fermenting
Whites are pressed as whole bunches and fermented in steel at 14–16°C. Reds ferment in small open vats and are punched down by hand.
- 03
Ageing
French oak, 225 and 500 litres, mostly on their third or fourth use. We want the wine to taste of the ridge, not of the barrel.
- 04
Bottling
On the estate, lightly filtered, with no added sugar and low sulphur.
Tastings & visits
Come up and taste.
Every tasting is hosted by Andri or Christos, in English or Greek. Please book at least a day ahead: we’re a small team and often out in the vineyard.
Cellar door tasting
€18per person
Five wines at the tasting bar, with village bread, olives and halloumi from Kilani. No charge if you buy three bottles.
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Vineyard walk & tasting
€35per person
A walk up to the 1,040 m parcel (about 1.5 km, some of it steep), then six wines on the terrace with a meze plate.
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Old vintages & Commandaria
€45per person
In the barrel cellar: three older vintages from our library, two wines tasted from barrel, and our Commandaria with carob sweets.
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- Minimum 2 guests. Groups over 12, please email us.
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
- Children are welcome; we have grape juice and carob drinks for them.
- During harvest (late August to early October) the vineyard walk runs in the mornings only.
- The tasting room and terrace are step-free; the vineyard walk is not.
Thank you.
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Visit
Forty minutes from Limassol.
We’re on the ridge road between Vasa and Omodos. Follow the signs for Vasa (Koilaniou) and keep climbing until the stone building with the mulberry tree.
- Hours
- April – October: Tue – Sun 10:00 – 17:00
November – March: Tue – Sun 10:00 – 16:00
Closed Mondays, 25 Dec, 1 Jan and Easter Sunday - Driving
- Limassol 40 min · Paphos 55 min
Troodos square 30 min · Nicosia 1 h 20 - Parking
- Free, in front of the cellar. Coaches, please call ahead.
- Address
- Ktima Anemorachi, Vasa – Omodos road
Vasa (Koilaniou), Limassol, Cyprus
The Ridge Club
Six bottles, twice a year.
In April and October we pack a case of what we’re drinking ourselves: the new releases, a bottle from our library and, now and then, something that never reaches the shop.
- €140 per case, delivered anywhere in Cyprus
- 10% off at the cellar door, all year
- Free tasting for two, once a year
- No commitment: stop whenever you like
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