Winemaker Notes
Sophisticated, structured and complex. It triumphs for being our most special godello. The combination of nuances and elegance of it give it a unique personality.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This pale yellow-colored wine has aromas of pineapple, guava and fresh ginger. Pineapple and ginger carry onto the palate and are met with a full texture, brilliant acidity and flavors of white chocolate, rose petal and passion fruit. A nice salty note lingers on the palate.
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James Suckling
Creamy and toasty nose with hazelnuts and roasted cashews to the freshly squeezed lemon and a drop of crushed-stone minerality. Flavorful and slightly saline, with a medium-bodied, mouthwatering finish. Very succulent, yet creamy mid-palate texture. Shows length and brightness.
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Wine Spectator
Round and creamy, this light- to medium-bodied white shows a kiss of oak spices and lime blossoms accenting flavors of glazed apple and pear, hazelnut and pastry cream. Reveals a tang of salinity and sleek, lemony acidity that keep this fresh and well-balanced. Drink now through 2028. 1,800 cases made, 700 cases imported.
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.