Raúl Pérez

Ultreia, Godello, Bierzo, 2018

Name: Ultreia, Godello, Bierzo
Brand: Raúl Pérez

92+/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

As new vineyards come in to production the main white of the project is now produced from majority estate fruit, mostly from the eastern part of the Bierzo zone, on schist and clay soils, from vines averaging 30-35 years old. Harvest here takes place a full 20 days later than in Valtuille, yielding grapes with high natural acidity and only 11-12% potential alcohol, excellent blending material. 25% is sourced from Cacabelos on deeper clay-stony soils, and the final 25% from Valtuille where the vineyards are sandier. All plots are fermented in oak tank and assembled just before bottling. Aging takes place in barrels of various sizes and ages. The 2021 has a more restrained, lime-leaf and wispy cool citrus and stony feel with touches of hay and fine earth. It drinks straight out of the gate and improves in the glass.

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Critic Reviews

92+/100

Luis Gutierrez,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

2017 was the year of frost, and production was very small. So, we jumped to the entry-level white 2018 Ultreia Godello, which was produced with purchased grapes from different plots and new vineyards (including one in the zone of Ponferrada and also vineyards in Cacabelos and Valtuille), from a mix of soils, slate and clay. This sets the tone of the whites from the vintage: it has perfect ripeness, freshness and harmony and is very clean, with precision and clarity. It's subtly varietal and was fermented in used barriques and used oak foudres of different sizes. They never rack or do batonnage, and they never use sulfur until bottling. It's fuller and more volume, which is compensated by more acidity. The elevage lasts until the next harvest, when they need the oak containers, trying to keep them empty for the shortest amount of time possible. The wine is approachable and a bit gentler, for a wider audience. They produced 26,000 bottles. It was bottled in late August 2019.

drinking window 2020 - 2024

date of review 06/2020

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