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Vineyards: Valtuille, Villafranca and Cacabelos
Soil Type: Clay
Vine Age: 60+ years old
Fermentation: Whole cluster pressed, the must is left overnight to clarify, fermented in 500 liters barrels. Some steel and some used barrel aging.

Godello is a white varietal grape that is well situated for a cool climate. The origin of the varietal is associated with the town of Godella, near Valencia, where it was first planted in the 1800s. In the 1920s a Galician trader brought Godello to Galicia. Godello almost disappeared in the mid-1900s. Godello is often compared to Chardonnay and is said to 'combine the structure of white Burgundy with the finesse of a more mineral grape.' (Jancis Robinson).

93 pts Robert Parker Wine Advocate (Luis Gutierrez)
2020 is a very good vintage for whites too, even if the 2020 El Castro de Valtuille Godello has 1% more alcohol than the 2019 and is a little rounder. In 2020 they stopped doing any maceration and did a direct pressing of the destemmed grapes, so the wines are going to be a bit lighter than in the past. They don't do rackings or stir the lees, and they don't use any yeasts or oenological products. It's more Burgundian and more textured, with depth and complexity. 6,300 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2021, three weeks before I tasted it, and the wine felt a bit tight but quite sound and serious.