Godello is a white wine grape planted in Galicia, Spain. On the verge of extinction, Godello was brought back in the 1970s, and now is one of the most popular white wine varieties. Godello wines produced in steel tanks have a crisp, fresh, and fruity with good mineral notes. Godello wines produced with oak are creamy on the palate, which is a direct result of contact with lees. The most notable characteristic of Godello wines is the wildflower flavor and a fuller body than most wines with the same mineral qualities. It is important not to confuse Godello with Verdelho. They are different grapes, but the same name is sometimes used. Godello is also known as Ojo de Gallo, Godenho, Agudelo, and Agodenho.
Pago de las Capellanes Blanco O Luar Do Sil Godello Sobre Lias is made from 100% Godello.
Giving voice to Godello vines, to the geology of granite and to the fullness of sensations. This is our vision and we achieve it with careful winemaking on lees, so that the wine’s own matter provides balance and floral complexity, so that it shapes a fine and vigorous structure, a stimulating delicacy.
The wine pays homage to its landscape, clean, fruity aromas that caress the mineral cold. Leading us along small paths among white flowers, Godello Sobre Lías reveals light, truth and life.
Johann Michel Cornas Cuvee Jana is 100% Syrah.
Black raspberry aromas, licorice, sizzled bacon and smoke. Elegant and pure with depth and well-integrated tannins.
Jana is the name of Johann and Emmanuelle's daughter.
Manual harvest, selection of the grapes from the "Chaillot" parcel, full clusters, fermentation in tanks for 3 weeks, daily remontage and pigeage. Malolactic fermentation in oak barrels and aging on the lees for 12-18 months in barrels (new old barrels) The average age of the vines is 11 years. Yield: 25 hl/ha
Review:
"Dark purple. Highly perfumed, oak-spiced black and blue fruits, incense, vanilla and potpourri on the hugely perfumed nose, along with hints of licorice, smoked meat and mocha. Stains the palate with concentrated, spice-laced blueberry, cassis, cherry-vanilla and espresso flavors that turn sweeter as the wine opens up. Broad, polished tannins add shape to a strikingly long, smoke- and spice-driven finish that strongly echoes the floral and blue fruit notes. - Josh Raynolds"
- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (December 2022), 97 pts
Parajes del Valle Maceracio Macabeo Orange Ecologica is made from 100% Macabeo.
An organic orange wine from La Mancha, made by macerating the Macabeo grapes on their skins, which gives the wine its amber hue, gentle grip and savory depth.
Mineral and citrus notes.
Perfect to accompany grilled seabass or smoked fish.