“Spectacular.” - The Wine Advocate, 95+ points

This is one of our favourite examples of Godello, made by Raul Perez’s nephew, Cesar Marquez. It’s a wine with real finesse, a ‘vertical’ wine as sommeliers are wont to say, while showing terrific poise and balance (the wine not the sommeliers you doofus!). It pours a pale silver-green colour and peels back different layers as it sits in the glass. Lime, grapefruit, matcha tea and whetstone sit gently on the palate, thanks to the wine’s silky texture, invigorated by little bursts of citrus. Beautiful stuff! 12.5% alc. The rootstock is over 100 years old. Drink now-2028.

Organically farmed

Press review:

The Wine Advocate: “The spectacular white Godello 2021 La Salvación was produced with grapes from a one-hectare centenary plot in Arganza, the northernmost and coolest village in Bierzo. The destemmed grapes were pressed in a pneumatic press and the juice fermented in 500-litre oak barrels after settling for 24 hours. It matured in those barrels for one year, with the lees but without batonnage. It has 12.5% alcohol and very good freshness and acidity, consistent with a cold year, with an expressive nose of dry flowers and pollen, aromatic and showy, open and clean, very precise and pure. It has less alcohol than the previous year, with a super fresh palate. Drink now-2029.” 95+ points