Jay Kline

9.2

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple hours. The 2020 pours a deep ruby purple with a near opaque core and a magenta rim; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is youthful with notes of Montmorency cherry, tart plums, licorice, purple flowers, cocoa, and gravelly earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. Tasty stuff and a very nice pairing with braised short rib. Drink now through 2040. — 7 days ago

Roger Ray

9.3

"after harvesting from vines with deep roots in the rocky soil on the banks of the Mayuco river, Raul and his brother Alvaro chose to go organic and use no oak, letting this stallion of a wine rip with spice, pepper and ripe fruit. Mineral notes hit once on the palate followed by a long finish." — a year ago

S T

9.7

Unique amber nectar that aged amazingly - paired with Portuguese clams and shrimp risotto. — 2 years ago

Brian Hearty

9.1

2023. Strawberries and watermelon flavors. We’ve enjoyed this wine before and it was great with chicken swarma and a citrusy watermelon and feta salad. — 2 months ago

Austin Hohnke

8.9

Fleshy and a bit grapey. Black cherry and blackberry. Earth, gravel, charcoal, and smoke.
A project that has Raul Perez’s name attached. What doesn’t he touch in Bierzo?!? Solid wine and packaging with a case one deal. — 6 months ago

Dale Garrison

9.2

Delicious. Very hearty without too much tanin. Just a nicely balanced. — a year ago

Vanessa

9.1

This wine has a medium lemon hue with refreshing and zesty notes of lemon peel, grapefruit pith, and kumquat, alongside juicy peach, nectarine, yellow apple, chamomile, white blossom, chervil, saline, and wet stone characteristics. 

It carries a relative richness lending balance to the fresh primary and mineral notes with a fuller mouthfeel.

This wine is made exclusively from the Godello variety hailing from northwest Spain’s Bierzo appellation in the Castilla Y Leon region.
 
It was produced by Raul Perez, an acclaimed, small-batch winemaker whose practices have built a beautiful platform upon which the fruit and terroir may express themselves to the fullest and purest extent.
 
A delightful pairing with pan-seared halibut with roasted broccolini. Cheers!

Bodegas Raul Perez Ultreia La Claudina Godello 2019. ABV 13.5%. — 2 years ago

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Jay Kline

9.4

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2023 Sketch pours a bright, pale straw color with medium viscosity. On the nose, the wine is youthful with beautiful notes of white and yellow flowers, lemon, passion fruit, orange zest, ocean spray, and wet stone. On the palate, the wine is dry with high acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and saline. This was divine with raw oysters and yellowtail crudo. Drink now through 2038. — 4 months ago

John Bratincevic

9.0

NOSE: A little European funk, flowers (violet?), sweet nutmeg, granite, dark berries.

TASTE: juicy berry, baking spices, a little earthy funk. Basically a juicy berry version of the nose, 90. — 10 months ago

Paco Suro

9.2

For a varietal that leans to higher extraction this was restrained. Vibrant. Carried on for hours. — 2 years ago