Winemaker Notes
Straw yellow in color, the bouquet is elegant and perfumed, with notes of white fruit prominent in the foreground. The evolution in the glass brings out notes of dried flowers accompanied by the distinctive herbal nuances of fennel that add complexity and refinement to the whole. On the palate it is silky and balanced, with excellent acidity in harmony with the rest of the wine, a long finish and a very pleasant aftertaste.
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
Yet another step up in the story that is Godello, the 2022 La Revelia has considerable length, tension, and even more complexity than its sister varietal wines, given 12 months in 100% French oak barrels. A very good white wine with silky layers of flavor and medium-bodied intensity that will be good for aging 10-12 years, it tastes of lemon pith, white peach, and green apple.
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Vinous
The 2022 La Revelía, made from 100% Godello, hails from Bierzo. In a fresher style, it opens with aromas of crisp green apple, orange blossom, soft acacia and a touch of wild herbs. Dry and creamy, with a clear and honest expression, the palate delivers a clean green apple flavor wrapped in a vibrant, textured mouthfeel. Its greatest virtue lies in how it balances acidity with a creamy profile. A flavorful Godello finishing with a soft hay note.
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James Suckling
Sliced peaches, citrus and white flowers on the nose. Medium- to full-bodied and chiseled, with linear freshness that complements the subtle fruit profile, finishing with delicate salinity.
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Wine Spectator
A supple white, light-bodied and well-balanced, with a fragrant skein of white blossoms, anise and ground ginger winding through flavors of ripe nectarine, white cherry, slivered almond and fleur de sel. Shows good length on the fresh finish. Drink now through 2032. 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.