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Telmo Rodríguez Godello Gaba do Xil O Barreiro 2022WA91+$22.98Availability:In Stock91+ Points! The 2022 Gaba do Xil O Barreiro is from their own vineyards, 15 to 16 hectares in Larouco on red granite soils from a transitional place between granite and slate. 2022 was a warm year, a rounder and gentler vintage, and the wine is a little riper at 13% alcohol. Godello behaves differently from the single vineyards and has a rounder mouthfeel. It also has a more reductive profile, fruit-driven and with notes of flowers and herbs. It was bottled unoaked after four months with lees. - Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com
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Rafael Palacios Godello Louro do Bolo 2022WA93$23.98Availability:In Stock93 Points! The 2022 Louro still feels a little reductive and has pungent balsamic notes of bay leaf. It was a very warm year with constant heat and very healthy grapes. It keeps the freshness but still feels the roundness of the year. Most of the grapes were picked before the rain they had in September. It's tasty with a salty twist in the finish. - Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com
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Rafael Palacios Godello As Sortes 2022WA95$64.98Availability:In Stock95 Points! The 2022 As Sortes feels very young and a little raw and undeveloped, with great freshness. Despite being a very warm summer, they had rain (20+ liters) that was absorbed by the grapes, which made a delicate wine, much fresher than expected. Of course, the high altitude of the vines and the late ripeness and harvest here also have to do with the fresh character of the wine, which transcends the character of the year. I'd wait a little to pull the cork...He's one of the finest white wine producers in Galicia and in Spain. - Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com
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Bodegas Avancia Godello Valdeorras Nobleza Old Vines 2022WE94$54.98Availability:In StockFrom Finca Aeiroá (1939) – O Barco de Valdeorras – Pure slate soils intermixed with broken quartz, northern orientation – three field blend parcels planted adjacent to each other, primarily Godello with intermixed planting of indigenous red varieties. Northern orientation.
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Passopisciaro Etna Rosso Passorosso 2021JS94VM93$36.98Availability:Out of Stock94 Points! Made with Nerello Mascalese taken from all the vineyards. The aromas show plenty of strawberries and cherries with wrought iron and pumice. Medium-bodied with creamy and polished tannins with hints of cedar and light nutmeg. Savory and lightly tannic giving it tension and beauty. - JamesSuckling.com
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Girolamo Russo Etna Rosso 'a Rina 2021JS94$31.98Availability:In Stock94 Points! Plenty of citrus, orange peel, honey and beeswax with some pumice and volcanic soil character. Medium body, with firm and integrated tannins that are energetic and integrated. Very pretty now but even better in three or four years. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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César Márquez Pérez Bierzo Godello Salvación 2021WA95+$32.98Availability:In Stock95+ Points! The spectacular white Godello 2021 La Salvación was produced with grapes from a one-hectare centenary plot in Arganza, the northernmost and cooler village in Bierzo, a plot that was regrafted from Mencía some 17 years ago. The destemmed grapes were pressed in a pneumatic press, and the juice fermented in 500-liter oak barrels after setting for 24 hours. It matured in those barrels for one year, with the lees but without bâtonnage. It has 12.56% 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. - Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com
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Bodegas Emilio Moro Godello Bierzo El Zarzal 2021JS93$24.98Availability:In Stock93 Points! A fresh, crisp and saline godello with supple notes of lime, stones, almonds and fresh herbs. Medium body with bright acidity. Sharp and agile. Good tension and volume on the palate with a harmonious, vibrant finish. Drink now. - JamesSuckling.com
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Avancia Godello Valdeorras Old Vines 2021WS92JS93$29.98Availability:In Stock93 Points! This has notes of chalk, cream, apricots, grapefruit and salted almonds. Intense and delicious, with mineral, buttery and creamy elements all well integrated. Compact. Drink now. - JamesSuckling.com
92 Points! Sleek and well-knit, with a streak of salinity underscoring a creamy mesh of pink grapefruit, cherry blossom, Marcona almond and blood orange peel flavors that linger on the mouthwatering finish. Drink now through 2025. - Wine Specator
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Adega Do Demo Blanco 11th House 2019WA92$25.98Availability:In Stock92 Points! The white 2019 11th House is produced as a collaboration between Iría Otero, Zak Elfman and Carlos Lorenzo. It is a blend of 85% Godello, 10% Loureira and 5% Treixadura that matured in barrel with the lees for 10 months. The élevage has marked the wine with aromas of spices and lees, and it's faintly smoky, with herb and yellow fruit flavors. It has a medium-bodied palate that comes through as soft and round, with good ripeness at 13% alcohol. 2,200 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2020. - Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com
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Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Santo Spirito 2021JS96VM93$54.98Availability:In Stock96 Points! This shows notes of darker berries with red licorice and fresh ripe peaches. Intense with hints of moist clay soil and bark undertones. Full and steady on the palate with a firm backbone of chalky tannins that go on for minutes. Lot of tension and energy. Stays long on the palate, turning to a more smooth and powdery mouthfeel. Needs some time. Try after 2025. - JamesSuckling.com
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Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Calderara Sottana 2021JS95VM94$69.98Availability:In Stock95 Points! This is more vibrant with red berries, blood oranges, light spices and hints of terra-cotta. Medium-bodied, juicy and fruit-forward with tangy acidity and dusty tannins. Hints of bitter orange at the end. Long and chalky yet very attractive and enjoyable now. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso San Lorenzo 2021JS95VM94+$69.98Availability:In Stock95 Points! This shows a very attractive, savory character with red cherries and raspberries, accompanied with dried summer herbs, candied orange and red spices. Dry earth, too. Medium- to full-bodied. Very even and seamless tannin structure. Refined and polished with a dusty earthiness that leads to a dry, delicate finish. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Moganazzi 2021JS96$54.98Availability:In Stock96 Points! This has a fresh and fragrant nose with beautiful cherries and raspberries as well as rose petals, licorice and crushed stones. It’s firm and linear on the palate with a medium body and vivid acidity. It’s hard to draw a line between the tannins and the earthy, mineral aspect as both build a chalky mouthfeel and lead to a long textural finish. I like the finesse here despite being still quite tight and firm. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso Feudo di Mezzo Il Quadro Delle Rose 2021JS96$54.98Availability:In Stock96 Points! Pure cherry fruit here, reminiscent of kirsch, with orange peel and an ashy, mineral backbone to it, almost like cracked flint or gunpowder. Similar aromas and flavors on both the nose and on the palate. Medium- to full-bodied, really tense and firm with chalky tannins and a lingering crushed granite and rock sensation on the palate. Seashells, too. Long. Try after 2025. - JamesSuckling.com
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Calabretta Nerello Mascalese Vigne Vecchie 2014$29.98Availability:Out of StockFrom the importer: Calabretta’s vineyards are located nearly a half mile above sea level in the black volcanic soils of Etna’s north slope, between Randazzo and Castiglione di Sicilia. There, Calabretta farms roughly seven hectares of mostly 70- to 80-year-old vines—many of them ungrafted—on stepped terraces supported by stone walls...Calabretta’s jewel is its Nerello Mascalese Vigne Vecchie, a gift for lovers of traditionally made Italian reds. The extended aging shows in the wine's velvety texture. It coats your palate without a trace of excess weight, sliding towards an unique convergence of value, character, and age rarely seen in Italy, if not the world.
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Girolamo Russo Etna Rosso San Lorenzo 2019JS96VM95$59.98Availability:Out of Stock96 Points! This displays an amazing balance of power and grace, throwing in a shovel load of terroir, too. The aromas and flavors extend from ripe red fruit, through red licorice, tufo, orange rind and bright herbs. Medium-bodied with some firm tannin, but there's no stopping the complex fruit. This is top-class Etna rosso. Drinkable now, if you don't mind the firm tannin, or hold. - JamesSuckling.com
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Calabretta Cala Cala Vino Rosso NV$17.98Availability:In StockSouth-facing, organically-farmed estate vineyards planted to Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio. Extended aging, at least 6 to 7 years in large botti. Learn MoreHURRY, ONLY 2 LEFT!