Ultreia, Godello, Bierzo, 2021
The 2022 Ultreia Godello has a bright and engaging personality with white fruits and blossoms, delivered with a pleasing cut and edge to the fruit. A wine with a sense of delicacy and drive, it is now produced from 85% domaine fruit split: 65% Cacabelos, 10% Ponferrada and 10% Valtuille. Just 15% comes from purchased grapes and each year this “entry-level” white seems to grow in finesse. All plots are fermented in oak tank and assembled just before bottling. Aging takes place in barrels of various sizes and ages.
critic reviews
The white 2021 Ultreia Godello shows freshness, restraint, balance and good freshness, with a very low pH of 3.19. It was produced with grapes mostly from Cacabelos and some from around Valtuille, mostly from their own vineyards; they purchased a large vineyard with some vines planted in 1906 and another plot regrafted from Palomino, and this wine is now some 70% from their own vines. It fermented in oak foudres and barriques. It has contained ripeness, 13.5% alcohol and a very fresh and mineral profile. They produced around 35,000 bottles of this.