ValdeSil reviewed on Jancisrobinson.com
31 October 2011
Luis Gutierrez – Spanish specialist for www.jancisrobinson.com and also writer for www.elmundovino.com – wrote a great article about the Valdeoras DO in North East Spain and the revival of old grapes such as Godello. Look out for his review on ValdeSil – the main producer of the small DO.
Ehrmanns currently import two of their wines : ValdeSil and Pezas de la Portela.
Luis Gutierrez writes about ValdeSil: “It is a wine that even though it drinks well early on, ages surprisingly well, showing more quince, spice and, dare I say it, minerals (flint, gunpowder), than the white fruit and flowers that dominate in its youth. I like it best about three years after the vintage.”
And on the Pezas da Portela:” is a step up in complexity, pezas being a Galician word for a small parcel or plot while Portela is the village in the parish of Vilamartín where the grapes for this wine are grown. Eleven small plots with an average age of 50 years, planted on decomposed slate, which imparts a mineral character to the wine. Yields here are small, around 16 hl/ha, and the grapes are fermented and aged for six months in a mixture of used French oak barrels of various sizes – 350, 500 and 2,000 litres. I think the Pezas 2007 is drinking well already, but the 2008 is still in the process of integrating the wood. I like this wine about four years after the harvest. Their first vintage was 2002, which today drinks impressively well, showing a golden colour, a spicy quince nose and is full and fresh in the mouth, very much like a Loire Chenin.”
For the total article go to : http://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/a201110252.html
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