Winemaker Notes
Light green-hued yellow. Tightly focused lemon and pear scents are complemented by deeper melon and peach notes. Lively and focused on the palate, offering vibrant citrus and orchard fruit flavors and a gingery nuance that adds back-end spiciness. Finishes nervy, energetic, and long, featuring lingering suggestions of bitter lemon pith and dusty minerals.
This wine will pair beautifully with all manner of seafood, including fried oysters, clams, and fish and chips.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2019 Ladera Sagrada Castello do Papa Godello is flavorful and substantial on the palate. TASTING NOTES: This wine exhibits penetrating aromas and flavors of dried earth, chalk, and tart citrus. Try it with a plate of mixed sashimi. (Tasted: October 10, 2021, 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).
Just to the south of Bierzo, the steeply terraced Valdeorras Spanish wine region is a respected source of both red and white wines. Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet) and Mencía are the principal red varieties while Godello and Palomino compose the majority of this region's whites.