Godello Viejo Sobre Lias, Mengoba

Fabulous acidity and stony freshness characterise this Godello, grown on clay and river stones in Arganza, in the north of Bierzo. Fermented and aged in foudre for 12 months, the wine offers an intense, creamy palate with fleshy white peach balanced with pithy grapefruit and a savoury finish. The oak barely marks the wine but has contributed to a wonderful texture and weight. It is refreshing and approachable now but will gain further complexity with a few more years in bottle.

The 2022 Mengoba Godello Viejo refers to the old clone of Godello, not only to the old vines from which the grapes are sourced. It matured in a 4,000-liter oak foudre for some 10 months. It has an expressive nose with a mixture of fruit, flowers, cereals, chamomile, pollen and beeswax and an elegant and balanced palate with 13% alcohol, good ripeness without excess and a very tasty and long finish. - Luis Gutiérrez

Fra gamle stokke. 24 måneders modning på dels 4.000 liters fade samt stål som afslutning. Fyldig vin med masser af stenfrugt i duften. Flot balance og man får virkelig en flot og seriøs vin til prisen. Flot syre og en lang, tæt afslutning.

This sur lie Godello now mentions old vines on the label, and the 2017 Mengoba Godello Viejo Sobre Lías had some skin contact and fermented in 4,000-liter oak vat, where the wine matured for 12 months and a further 12 months in stainless steel. The wine is quite polished by the time it's bottled and released. It has moderate alcohol and very good freshness for the year and is serious, reveals some restraint and has a balanced palate with fresh, clean and focused flavors. It's approachable now but has the stuffing to develop further in bottle. - Luis Gutierrez

Strågul vin med næse som blåsort velour, blød og bamset, med et let oxidativt præg, som kalder duften af fugtig-kølig vinkælder frem i det limbiske system hos dem, som en gang er fulgt i hælene på en vinmager ned til de store fade på granitkvadrer. I munden er vinen blød og bamset, men får kant af det let oxidative fra måneder på gærresterne i 4000 liter store foudres, som giver mindelser om en sjat god champagne, som har stået til dagen derpå. Eftersmagen er lang, men ikke så kompleks, som denne skribent husker fra de første årgange.

The characterful, intense and complex 2016 Mengoba Godello Sobre Lías now mentions Godello Viejo on its label (old Godello), remarking the old age of the vines and therefore the old type of plant, with small berries and concentrated juice that produce this intense white. This matured in a 4,000-liter oak foudre, and the oak flavors and aromas are very integrated. The nose is developed and has complexity with some mineral, diesel-like notes intermixed with yellow plums, fresh hay and waxy apples. It finishes with a bittersweet note lifted by its freshness. I liked this very much. 12,000 bottles produced. - Luis Gutierrez

Reflecting the conditions of the year, there is higher ripeness in the 2015 Mengoba Godello Sobre Lías, which showed aromas of yellow fruit and hay and straw intermixed with fennel, spices and a touch of smoke. It has volume and length and a serious, mineral-driven palate with a dry finish. It matured in two 4,000-liter oak vats for some ten months before it was bottled in November 2016

Forrygende Bierzo hvidvin med stor kompleksitet og finesse. Intens næse med præg af modne æbler og et strejf af ananas og silkeblød og cremet mund med pikant syre som omfavner vinens let sødmefulde noter af melon, vanilje og med lang eftersmag med let herbalt præg. Stor oplevelse.

The 2014 Mengoba Godello Sobre Lías is sourced from small plots from different villages Carracedo, Valtuille and Villafranca del Bierzo with a diversity of soils (chalky-clay, stony and clay). The wine matured for ten months in contact with the fine lees in an oval, 4,000-liter oak vat. This is a serious white, among the best produced in Bierzo, quite complex and at the same time subtle, with hints of fennel and aniseed, something earthy/mineral, spices and nicely integrated oak. It has great volume and superb balance with a fine thread of acidity running through its core. It ends very tasty and the flavors remain in your mouth for a long time. 5,200 bottles produced - Luis Gutierrez