Winemaker Notes
A wine of a straw yellow color, clean, bright and with medium intensity. Very expressive on the nose with notes of fresh white flowers and fruit. The passage through the mouth is fresh and persistent, but without losing the balanced acidity typical of the variety.
Professional Ratings
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Decanter
Floral notes displaying notes of jasmine, golden plums, bitter lemons and traces of herbal nuances. Lovely weight on the palate, with a dancing pithy and lemony acidity.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2020 Polvorete feels harmonious, fresh and young, with purity of fruit, no makeup and contained ripeness. There is good balance and clean flavors. It finishes dry and fresh. 160,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2021 after being in tank with the lees. Best After 2021
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.