2023 Tormenta Godello
VINGÅRD: 100% Godello de Grano Pequeno 20 år gamla vinstockar från en0,8 hektar stor vingård i San Juan de la Mata 650 meter över havet.
JORDMÅN: Kalksten och lera.
VINIFIKATION: Druvorna handskördades. Lätt skalkontakt i 24 timmar och därefter spontanjäste vinet med naturlig jäst på ståltank och cement. Vinet lagrades 13 månader på en blandning av Amfora 800 liter och använda ekfat av olika storlekar. En liten andel svavel tillsattes innan buteljering.
Wine Advocate: 96 Poäng
The Godello grapes were the first picked in 2023, and the alcoholic degree went up a little for the 2023 Tormenta, which reached 13.5% alcohol but kept a low pH of 2.95 and retained 7.75 grams of acidity. It comes from 0.8 hectares of the small-berry old Godello biotype planted 27 years ago on clay and limestone soils that provide a unique profile to this white. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in barrels of different sizes and 800-liter clay amphorae for 15 months. It has a very serious nose, clean and super elegant, it gives a sensation of harmony and subtleness that I like very much. This is a rarity because it comes from limestone soils that give it a special tastiness, almost salty, and a vibrant and chalky feeling. This is very different from the rest of the Godellos from Bierzo; it's more about the soil and place. 4,220 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2024.
Reviewed by: Luis Gutierez
