Algueira Brandan Albariño 2017

• Producer: Algueira
• Varietal: Godello
• Region: Ribeira Sacra
• Alcohol: 13.0%
• Net volume: 750ml
• Vintage: 2017

This crystalline, fleshy Godello comes from a terraced vineyard that has been painstakingly restored by Algueira's Fernando González. This vineyard lies on the cooler, north facing Orense bank of the River Sil, the opposite side to most of Algueira's holdings. Here the 30 to 80 year old vines are rooted in the losa (schist) soils of the Amandi gorge. The name of the wine pays tribute to the Celtic ancestry of the region by the way (Brandan was a Celtic warlord who originally settled the area). Fermented with natural yeasts only and aged entirely without oak, it's a layered, fleshy Godello with vibrant citrus and white peach fruit and a round, juicy personality. It?s a quality born of a special place, precise, low yield viticulture and traditional, low input winemaking.

Made with Godello grapes fermented in stainless steel, without lees or wood, which makes it a fresh cut wine with a marked Galician white character. Visually pale yellow, predominantly white fruit (green apple, pear lemon), freshly cut hay background and very subtle vegetable notes. The attack in the mouth is acidic, however it offers a more dense than expected passage on the nose and culminates with the characteristic bitterness of the variety.

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