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Valdeorras
Maruxa Godello
75cl Bottle - 2025
Maruxa Godello comes from terraced vineyards in Éntoma, with slate and clay soils. It is made with manual harvest, cold maceration and fermentation with indigenous yeast, followed by 3 months aging on lees in stainless steel tanks. It is an intense yellow wine, with aromas of ripe white fruit and mineral notes, silky and balanced in the mouth, ideal for pairing with fish, seafood and rice dishes.
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91 Puntos
Production Zone
Valdeorras
Type of wine
White
Winery
Virgen del Galir
Aging
Young
Format
75cl
Grape variety used
Godello: 100%
Alcohol content
13,5%
Characteristics of the vineyard
The grapes used to make Maruxa Godello come from our own terraced vineyards in the village of Éntoma, from the Regueirón, O Follo, Valdemioto and Granilla plots, as well as from local suppliers in the same village. We harvest the grapes ourselves from these suppliers.
Éntoma is the southernmost area of Valdeorras, with vineyards close to the Galir and Sil rivers. The soil of Val do Galir is purely slatey and south facing, which results in a good ripening of the grapes from its vineyards due to the solar effect of the soil on the vine; however, the soils close to the Sil are more clayey, pebbly and north facing and tend to have a later ripening, which gives rise to grapes that produce wines with a more floral and sharp profile.
Winemaking characteristics
The grapes undergo cold maceration for 48 hours, both in refrigerated boxes and in tanks, before beginning alcoholic fermentation. The grapes are destemmed without crushing to preserve the integrity of the fruit and favor the expression of the primary aromas. Fermentation takes place spontaneously with indigenous yeasts. The wine then remains for two months in stainless steel tanks, aged on its fine lees to provide volume and complexity.
Harvest data
The 2025 harvest was once again one of the earliest on record in Valdeorras, beginning on September 27. This is striking, as budbreak was about ten days later than in 2024. This is largely due to the intense heat wave that affected the whole of Spain during the first half of August, as well as the largest forest fire in the history of Galicia, which broke out in Larouco (Valdeorras) between August 13 and 21. Alcoholic ripening has been irregular, but good pH and acidity levels have been maintained. Yields have been lower than those of 2024 and alcohol levels are moderate.
Tasting notes
Intense yellow color with a bright greenish rim. It has great aromatic intensity and a marked minerality. It combines aromas of ripe white fruits with herbal and scrubland touches. It is very balanced in the mouth, silky, elegant and fresh, long and persistent.
It harmonizes perfectly with fish, seafood and rice dishes.
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