Guímaro Blanco 2015

"I also got to taste the 2015 Guímaro which had just been bottled. They consider 2015 a warm vintage after the cold ones of 2013 and 2014, in line perhaps with 2012. The usual blend of Godello with 25% Treixadura, Albariño, Torrontés and Loureira was used for this white, which was kept in contact with the lees for some six months before bottling. For a wine that had just been bottled, it showed really well, it wasn't dizzy at all, it was open and aromatic, very balsamic, plenty of bay leaf aromas and somehow medicinal, developing aniseed and fennel aromas with some time. The palate is sharp and focused, with very good precision, fresh and mineral. Perhaps the secret to keeping the freshness in a warm vintage like 2015 was a couple of days of rain just before the harvest, which allowed the grapes to develop fully (they had not grown to 100% as it had been very warm) - and the fact that they harvested earlier. Treixadura and Albariño contribute to compensate the volume of Godello in the Amandi zone. Each year they also go for a slightly shorter maceration. Some 10,000 bottles were filled on February 14, 2016".