Raul Perez Ultreia La Claudina Godello, Bierzo, Spain 2022 Gattinara blackcurrant and wild-blackberry nose and

blackcurrant and wild-blackberry nose and the first impression on the palate is every bit as intense

with masses of fruit

juicy black cherries

but perhaps that’s due to the young vines

This displays fantastic balance

Raul Perez Ultreia La Claudina Godello, Bierzo, Spain 2022 Gattinara blackcurrant and wild-blackberry nose andFrom 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,