2022 Gaba do Xil 'O Barreiro' 92WA
(Godello)
Compania de Vinos Telmo Rodriguez
$21.99 on 6+ (code: 6saves2)
$23.99 reg
*Mix & match ok
92 pts Wine Advocate (2021)
The entry-level white from Valdeorras is now called the 2021 Gaba do Xil O Barreiro, which they harvested intermittently because of the rain from early September. The wine has only 12.5% alcohol and retained a low pH of 3.4. This was bottled unoaked after four months with lees in stainless steel. They have reduced the volume here, making a selection from their own vineyards in Larouco on red soils with a little more clay, so it's almost a different wine. This feels a bit reductive, a lot more than the other two whites; it's younger, a bit too young, but the palate is fresh and precise, with salty granite minerality and a dry finish with a bitter twist. 77,334 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2022. – Luis Gutierrez, Robert Parker The Wine Advocate
Region: Valdeorras, Galicia
Village: Larouco, Santa Cruz, Las Ermitas at 400-500m
Variety: 100% Godello from 20-80 year old vines
Viticulture: Organic. Granite or reddish, clayey soils on metamorphic slate. From estate vineyards and from suppliers practicing approved methods. Mixed bush vines and vertical trellising.
Elaboration and aging: Native yeasts. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeast in temperature-controlled stainless steel. No malolactic fermentation. Matured for 4 months on its lees in stainless steel tanks without bâtonnage.
