I've got two wines lined up for review by Pagos de Galir. First I reviewed their 2016 Mencia and now I'm on to the 2017 Godello. Unfortunately these are rather quick reviews due to time constraints when they had to be written.
From www.VirgenDelGalir.com: The Virgen del Galir winery was founded in 2002 in a valley of the Galir river, in Éntoma, a small village in Orense, Galicia, Northern Spain. The “Camino de Santiago” crosses through this village. Virgen del Galir is a member of the Valdeorras DO. This semi-forgotten region has extraordinary vineyards. Virgen del Galir owns 20 hectares of vineyards on practically as many plots, on a valley of the Galir river. Altitude is over 600m. The ground is made up almost entirely of decomposed schist on terraces.
From www.VirgenDelGalir.com: The Virgen del Galir winery was founded in 2002 in a valley of the Galir river, in Éntoma, a small village in Orense, Galicia, Northern Spain. The “Camino de Santiago” crosses through this village. Virgen del Galir is a member of the Valdeorras DO. This semi-forgotten region has extraordinary vineyards. Virgen del Galir owns 20 hectares of vineyards on practically as many plots, on a valley of the Galir river. Altitude is over 600m. The ground is made up almost entirely of decomposed schist on terraces.
This is 100% Godello from Valdeorras, Galicia. It's manually harvested, cold macerated, and after a controlled fermentation in stainless steel it spends 5 months ageing on the lees. The color of the wine is a golden yellow with a slight tilt towards green. There's aromas of white flowers, white peaches, lime, pine, and honey. For some reason when the nose of a white wine really captivates me I'm taken by surprise. That is not the part of this experience where I expect to fall in love with a white wine. Reds? Of course! And yet this is a white wine whose nose captivates me.
On the palate it's got a medium body and tart acidity, with a bit lanolin and saline. There's flavors of green apple, white peach, lime, celery, and a leaf of mint. Then it finishes rather green with lime and mint, and the acidity begging for more of this cheese that I have in front of me.
This Godello offers complete redemption after the Mencía. It's outstanding!
QUALITY VS PRICE RATING
Price: $19
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