Raul Perez Ultreia La Claudina Godello, Bierzo, Spain 2022 Gattinara juicy black cherries

juicy black cherries

rose petal and dusky spice tones as this builds toward refined tannins

but perhaps that’s due to the young vines

led by Cabernet Franc (77%)

Raul Perez Ultreia La Claudina Godello, Bierzo, Spain 2022 Gattinara juicy black cherriesFrom the village where the Prez family has farmed for more than three centuries, La Claudina is Ral Prez at his most quietly radical a single sandy parcel of old vine Godello in Valtuille de Abajo, fermented spontaneously in one old foudre and left to grow a veil of flor through the spring, exactly as fine Sherry or Jura whites do. The result is Godello reimagined: biscuit, wafer, and white flower laced with raw almond and a saline mineral pulse,