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| Drinking window: Drink between 2014 and 2016 (based on 14 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.3 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by RajivAyyangar on 4/6/2015 & rated 85 points: Monday night Blinds at Nopa - Take 3 (Nopa SF): Summary:
Pretty non-descript but perfectly nice with pleasant (if subdued) aromatics.
Score: Around 8.5
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Wine 1: served cold in a standard glass.
Visual
White wine. Clear, bright [I don’t know what day/star bright is. I’m calling it bright unless it’s super lusterous].
Pale straw with reflections of green [forgot to list concentration - it was low]
No gas or sediment.
M tears. [I’ve stopped caring much about this].
(tasted: dry)
Nose
Low intensity nose. Clean.
Light grapefruit, faint peach, faint reductive/wood/earth?
Light warm ripe peach.
This wine has low complexity, and is youthful.
Palate
Dry, light body, light plus alcohol.
Not very aromatic. A little unripe peach. No evidence of oak.
Medium acid - balance of malic and tartaric.
This wine is balanced, it is low in complexity, and the finish is moderate minus.
Initial Conclusions
This is a non-aromatic varietal, from a cool climate, in an Old World style.
It’s young - 1-3 years.
Possible varietals include:
Pinot Grigio (c.f. Gaiser: defined by what it’s not)
Pinot Gris / Pinot Blanc (too low in alcohol, no phenolic bitterness)
Albarino (Doesn’t fit aromatically)
Riesling (too low in acidity)
Chardonnay (could be chard - not a very distinguished chard. Maybe a village, unoaked Burgundy).
Gruner Veltliner (doesn’t fit aromatically. Probably would have higher alcohol and maybe acid).
[Forgot to do possible countries, but I was sort of thinking of those along with the varietals]
Final Conclusions
This is Pinot Grigio, from Italy - specifically Alto Adige, 2013 vintage. [Didn’t put quality down].
Actual:
2012 A. Coroa Godello
Spain - Galicia: Valdeorras DO
$20
Analysis:
I was pretty much on the right track.
LM commented that Albarino is close - Godello is often blended with Albarino. The aromatics don’t match though. Chardonnay was also good. Godello has more pear/orchard fruit like Chardonnay. Godello is pretty rare - might be on a Masters-level exam, but it’s pretty obscure.
Godello could be a lateral for unoaked Chard, pinot grigio, other unoaked, moderate-acidity, non-aromatic whites with no other defining characteristics (like higher alcohol or phenolic bitterness).
Notes from GuildSomm on Godello:
Valdeorras produces straight Godello for white, and Mencia for red. (2439 views) | | | Tasted by Marc on 2/5/2015 & rated 87 points: Triple Birthday Dinner (Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand): Firstly - a perfect match with a course of smoked couscous salad with flavours of the Mediterranean - both in terms of flavour profile as well as conceptually. Crisp acidity, smooth balance, and a strong lemony herbal character adds up to a delicious wine. (1779 views) | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 9/19/2014: indigenous 2000 year old Romas variety. Hillside sites are very important. Slate and granite soils. mineral and saline aromas. not oaked. clean and fresh. medium body, very mineral. (1484 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 8/19/2014: Full and rich and powerful. Delicious. Creamy minerality on the back. Works it out at $20. (1659 views) | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 8/18/2014: A Coroa - 'The Crown', Valdeorras - 'Valley of Gold.'
Whit pepper, almost a touch of menthol, all stainless, slate soils. (1379 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 2/18/2014: Lots of yeast notes on the nose. I mean that in a good way. The clonal research for Godello was apparently done here, at A Coroa. So this apparently has some of the oldest, or maybe the mother clone of Godello. Slate based wine, and slate based soils.
Peachy, fresh, vibrant and mineral. Great texture through out the palate and finishes with that texture all the way through.
This is also apparently the only produce with the control sticker because the yields are so low and everyone else's yields are so high. And this is all estate fruit as well. (1250 views) | | | Tasted by Papies on 9/4/2013 & rated 90 points: Open, focussed and refreshing. Vibrant wine, fresh quite a bit of fruit. Good ripe character. Very balanced and full of purity and a product of good wine making. No oak here. Really a very nice staright forward wine and it worked perfectly by the glass as an aperitif at the Notting Hill Kitchen. Good choice by the sommelier. (1273 views) |
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Getting to know GodelloSpain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
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Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.GaliciaGalicia is an autonomous region in the northwestern corner of Spain, north of Portugal. It is marked by an atlantic climate with frequent rain and moderate temperatures, especially along the coastal regions. There are five Denominación de Origen (DO) areas: Monterrei, Rías Baixas, Ribeira Sacra, Ribeiro and Valdeorras. Probably the best known wines are the Albariño wines from Rias Baixas, but all regions have seen increased interest in recent years. There has been also a notable resurgence of local grapes, like Godello, Treixadura or Loureiro.
ValdeorrasValdeorras (Valley of Gold) is the easternmost wine region of Galicia, with wineyards on the banks of the river Sil in the southern part of the Ourense province. The climate is a mix of atlantic and continental with high rainfall, but warm summers. Godello, an indigenous grape, is becoming important again. Other white grapes are Palomino, Valenciana and Lado. Mencía, Garnacha Tintorera, Gran Negro and Merenzao are in use as red grapes.
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