Blanco Joven - Godello & Treixadura

Godello met 35% Treixadura, Albariño, Torrontés en Loureira | de helft van de wijn is afkomstig uit terraswijngaarden waar de stokjes vroeger per ongeluk zijn aangeplant naast de blauwe druiven | de andere heflt van een wijngaard buiten de vallei | staaltank vergist en gerijpt sur lie | zuiver | rijp fruit | kweepeer | zilt | bloemig | venkel | eigen karakter | fijne wijn-spijs wijn 

Guimaro

Na twintig jaar hard werken heeft Pedro een prachtig domein gecreëerd dat klaar is voor de toekomst. Het bezoek aan de wijngaarden is indrukwekkend! Wat een helden werk wordft hier verricht om het mogelijk te maken deze unieke wijnen te bottelen! zo steil, alles met hand. Er is geen enkele twijfel over de succesvolle toekomst van Guimaro, mede doordat Guiterrez van Parker al meerdere malen de Finca Capellinos als beste wijn van Galicië heeft uitgeroepen! All time favourite!

Review

The young white 2019 Vino Blanco is a Godello-based blend with 35% Treixadura, Albariño, Torrontés and Loureira from different plots in different villages, with different soils, expositions and altitudes, trying to replicate the whites from before, which were never varietal and were always blends. 2018 was a very good year, with a complete cycle and textbook conditions for the harvest. This was bottled unoaked after six months sur lie. It's 12.5% alcohol. The vines sprouted very early, but the cool summer slowed things down (in Monforte, it was the coolest August in the last 10 years); and the harvest dates were normal, which means a very long cycle, perfect ripening, lower pH, good acidity and a good crop (a record) with very healthy grapes. The wine is very clean, expressive and fruit-driven with a balsamic touch of bay leaf (the Loureira!), and the difference at this very early age is the vibrant palate (it was a good crop of Albariño and Treixadura that could have contributed to good acidity). One of the freshest and finest vintages of the young white. 10,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2020. 92+/100 Luis Gutiérrez

Guímaro has 11 hectares of vineyards—all in the Amandi subzone of Ribeira Sacra and all in the village of Doade—and they control another 20 hectares across Ribeira Sacra. They produce 160,000 bottles per year. Since 2013, alcohol levels have been lowered, and it's not low alcohol just for the hell of it. But when you are able to harvest earlier with ripe grapes and lower alcohol, the wines show the terroir more transparently. This change has been gradual, and in 2019, some of the wines have alcohol levels of 12.5%. I caught the 2018s, which could very well be their finest vintage to date.