Tormenta Godello 2021

Tormenta is a serious, elegant and well-balanced godello, which combines subtle notes of green tea, chamomile flower, linden flower and a background of citrus fruit, with a very fresh and vertical mouthfeel, marked minerality and precise salinity that enhances the vibrant energy of this wine on the palate.

Appellation Bierzo

Grape variety godello

Style Rich & Exuberant

Format 750 ml

Available

€46.40

The winemaker

Winemaker	Country	Region
Veronica Ortega	Spain	Bierzo

About the winemaker Veronica Ortega is considered the future queen of Spanish viticulture. She was born in Cadiz in the Sherry region. Veronica first worked in wine in Priorat with Alvaro Palacios, then in New Zealand and Burgundy. In Bourgogne even at the mythical Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, before settling in Bierzo. Here she worked from 2010 to 2014 at Raul Perez, another great winemaker. From 2014, however, Veronica has her own cellar and her star is rising. The Bierzo region in northwestern Spain is known for its red wines from the mencia grape. This is also the grape that Veronica excels with. All her grapes are organically grown and hand-picked.

Vineyard management Organic-Biodynamics

Details

Vineyard	Located in San Juan de la Mata, in the north of the Bierzo region, this 25-year-old vineyard (0.8 hectares) with a calcareous clay soil, is planted at an altitude of 650m and facing S-W. Small-grain Godello is the old Godello clone, the smallest of the variety, with little plant vigor and smaller grape berries, which provides greater concentration and depth.
Vinification	The harvest for this wine is entirely manual and 18-kilogram boxes are used. The bunches are then completely destemmed and this is followed by a one-night skin soaking. Spontaneous fermentation and aging for 13 months in 600, 500 and 225L barrels and 800L amphora, assembled for bottling.
Vintage	2021
Oak aging	Partially
Ageing potential	up to 8 years after harvest
Alcohol percentage	12%
Closure	Natural cork