Luna Beberide Godello, Bierzo White

In recent years Alejandro Luna has been purchasing old vineyards of Godello looking to produce a serious white wine to compliment his stable of reds. Produced from 60 year old vineyards, which were propagated as a clonal seleccion of best vineyard plots of Godello within Bierzo. Soils are a combination of calciferous clay and decomposed slate.

The vineyard is located between 600 and 750 meters of elevation. Grapes were hand harvested prior to overnight skin contact. The pressed must sees fermentation in stainless steel tanks at low temperatures (12-15° C). Following fermentation the wine is aged for 2 months on fine lees prior to bottling.

Showing orchard fruit with a hint of white peach on the nose, this medium bodied Godello offers good freshness and a leesy roundness on the palate.

Winery: Bodegas Luna Beberide
Appellation: Bierzo
Average age of vines: 60-year-old, estate grown vines
Farming Methods: Organic - Certified
Maturation: Aged for 2 months on fine lees in stainless steel tanks prior to bottling
Soil: Calcareous clay and decomposed slate
Varietal: Godello
Vineyard Orientation: 600-750 meters
Vineyard Size: 70 hectares

Wine	Scores	Downloads	Reviews
Luna Beberide Godello, Bierzo White 2020	91 View from the Cellar Bodegas Luna Beberide’s Godello vines are old, planted on a combination of schist and slate. Their 2020 version is a lovely wine on both the nose and palate, with the bouquet wafting from the glass in a youthful mix of tart pear, lemon, wild fennel, stony soil tones and a topnote of dried flowers. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and zesty, with a superb core, lovely mineral undertow and cut and a long, nascently complex and classy finish. I really like the gentle botanical layers here from the wild fennel-like elements, as they work beautifully at the table. 2021-2030. 90 International Wine Review Showing orchard fruit with a hint of white peach on the nose, this medium bodied Godello offers good freshness and a leesy roundness on the palate. Made from 60 year old, estate grown fruit.	Bottle Image Label Image Shelf Talker Tech Sheet
Luna Beberide Godello, Bierzo White 2021	92 Wine Enthusiast This medium-straw-colored wine has aromas of green pear, lemon and herbes de Provence. It is bright on entry and remains that way through the finish, with flavors of lemon- lime, white peach, cocoa butter and a sprinkling of sage and lemongrass. 91 Wine Advocate The 2021 Godello wants to showcase the variety where the acidity plays an important role. In 2021 he picked the grapes with 12.8% alcohol, and the wine remained with seven grams of acidity. It fermented with indigenous yeasts, and the wine was bottled early. It’s young and vibrant, still a bit dizzy from the very recent bottling and faintly reductive, but that should go away with a few months in bottle. It’s balsamic and medicinal, juicy and tasty. 45,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2021. This is the first bottled 2021 I tasted. The year looks great. 2022-2026.	Bottle Image Label Image Shelf Talker Tech Sheet