Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A round and balanced white with green apples, pears and citrus fruits on the nose following through to a medium body with zesty acidity. Sharp and flavorful with more green apple character towards the finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
Light straw colored in the glass, this wine has a peach nose with a touch of flint. It is bright on entry and offers grapefruit, apricot and oyster-shell flavors with hints of crumbled sage and orange blossom. Twin veins of minerality and acidity light up the palate.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2022 Emilio Moro Polvorete is an authentic white wine. TASTING NOTES: This wine exhibits aromas and flavors of savory spices, rocks-in-the-desert, and mineral notes. Try it with a bowl of steamed clams in a light garlic and wine sauce. (Tasted: October 7, 2023, San Francisco, CA)
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.