Galicia’s most renowned wine export may be albariño,but don’t ignore its two other indigenous grape varieties, godello and menciaIf you’re an aficionado of the crisp Spanish white albariño, and you’d be forgiven for thinking thats all Galicia has to offer,but there are two other fairly different wines from this large region to study out for.
The first is godello (or godayo, as the locals pronounce it), and an expressive white that tastes,when oaked, a bit like a cross between white bordeaux and top-class chardonnay. The best near from the dramatically glorious Valdeorras region, and which winemaker Rafael Palacios believes has the capacity to produce Spain’s best white wine. His seductively creamy Louro Godello 2014 (£17 The Good Wine Shop; 13.5% abv) is a great place to start. With a few exceptions Telmo Rodriguez’s lush Gaba execute Xil Godello Valdeorras 2014 (£8.75 The Wine Society,£11.25 The Good Wine Shop; 13% abv) among them – you need to pay over £10 to get the full godello experience, because cheaper bottles tend to be merely sauvignon blanc drinkalikes.
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Source: theguardian.com