Winemaker Notes
The 2017 Emilio Moro La Revelia is a pale golden color. Aromas full of nuances, in which is the typical Godello varietal that immediately stand out, it shows hints of dried flowers, citrus and an elegant minerality. On the palate is broad and well structured, with a long and balanced acidity.
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Wine & Spirits
This godello developed the structural intensity of a red wine through the heat of the 2017 season. Fermented and aged in temperature-controlled French oak barrels, the fruit and mineral presence of the wine is substantial enough to hold the focus: Rather than smelling like oak, it smells like rock and like vibrant yellow citrus, lasting with golden depths of flavor. Savory and intriguing, this has the structure to age.
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Wine Spectator
This rich white is generous yet focused. Pear, quince, heather and vanilla flavors are backed by citrusy acidity, with accents of mineral, tangerine and smoke. Harmonious.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Their top Godello white from Bierzo is the 2017 La Revelía, produced with fruit from a warm, ripe and dry year. It fermented in 500-liter French oak barrels, where the wine matured for eight months. Despite the ripe year, the wine has kept its poise and balance, the oak feels very integrated. It has good freshness and a lively palate with focused flavors and a long finish.
Rating: 91(+)
Godello is native to northwest Spain and has experienced a major revival in the last 20 years. Godello wines are typically sleek and lightly creamy in texture. Barrel fermentation and lees stirring are typical in Valdeorras, Spain where the grape comes from. These winemaking techniques make the most of Godello's inherent structure and help bring out its lovely floral character. Somm Secret—DNA profiling says that Spain’s Godello is actually identical to the Portugese grape variety Gouveio, which grows throughout the Douro and Dão (where it used to mistakenly be called Verdelho).
One of the few northwestern Spanish regions with a focus on a red variety, Bierzo, part of Castilla y León, is home to the flowery and fruity Mencia grape. Mencia produces balanced and bright red wines full of strawberry, raspberry, pomegranate, baking spice, pepper and black licorice. The well-drained soils of Bierzo are slate and granite.