Blanco Joven - Godello & Treixadura

70% Godello met 35% Treixadura, Albariño, Torrontés en Loureira | de helft van de druiven zijn afkomstig uit terraswijngaarden waar de stokken vroeger per ongeluk zijn aangeplant naast de blauwe druiven | de andere helft van een wijngaard buiten de vallei | vergisting en rijping op de lie in staaltank | zuiver | rijp fruit | kweepeer | zilt | bloemig | venkel | fijne bitter | eigen karakter | fijne wijn-spijs wijn 

Guímaro

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 wordt hier verricht om het mogelijk te maken deze unieke wijnen te bottelen! Zo steil en dus alles met hand! Er is geen enkele twijfel over de succesvolle toekomst van Guímaro, mede doordat Gutiérrez van Parker al meerdere malen de Finca Capeliños als beste wijn van Galicië heeft uitgeroepen! All time favourite!

Review

The young and unoaked 2020 Vino Blanco is a Godello-based blend with some 30% 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 always blends. The wine is very young, still closed and a little reductive. When these whites are cooled down, they tend to close, so don't drink them too cold. The Albariño gives it a little more acidity, the Treixadura provides more structure, and it has the bitter touch in the finish from the Godello. The wine has a little less Godello this year, and the other grapes have been increased. They picked early at 12.5% alcohol, and the wine shows a little austere. 10,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2021. 93/100 Luis Gutiérrez

Pedro "Guímaro" thinks 2019 could be one of the finest vintages of recent times, with textbook conditions and a perfect (and long) cycle for the grape. 2020 was a warmer vintage than 2019, but the profile of the wines is still quite fresh although with a little more alcohol. It was a low-yielding year—25% or 30% less than normal—which, combined with one week of very warm weather, increased the ripeness and concentration. 2021 can be considered a classic vintage in the style of yesteryear, with a very fresh wine profile. It was a very challenging year in the vineyards, with lots of rain and cold weather, a little in the style of 2013. Yields were generous. They are experimenting with granite eggs and also testing fortified wines with the great help of Niepoort, with whom they also produce a dry red, Ladredo. In 2020 there will be two new wines, one Miño and one Sil, and the 2018 and 2019 from the granite eggs, but the wines were not ready when I tasted.