Winemaker Notes
Smoky touches stand out along with intense flowers and exotic fruits such as passion fruit.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This medium-straw-colored wine has aromas of pineapple, white peach and pine needle. It is full on the palate, offering strong acidity and flavors of caramelized pineapple, honeydew melon, apricot, vanilla and a touch of jasmine.
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James Suckling
Pretty nose of green lemons, papayas, grapefruit and white flowers. It’s fresh, floral and fruity with a medium body and creamy texture. Excellent freshness.
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.