Raul Perez Ultreia La Claudina Godello, Bierzo, Spain 2023 IXSIR Winery rose garden and sweet cherry

rose garden and sweet cherry fruit notes

Showing serious aging potential

it fans effortlessly toward the immensely detailed and beguiling finish

acacia honey and a touch of strawberry and butter

Raul Perez Ultreia La Claudina Godello, Bierzo, Spain 2023 IXSIR Winery rose garden and sweet cherryLa Claudina is the single parcel old vine Godello that redefined what the grape could be and the 2023 may be its most Burgundian turn yet. Hand harvested fruit from one clay sand parcel in Valtuille de Abajo is pressed straight to used 500L French oak, fermented on native yeasts, and aged a full year on the lees with no btonnage and no added sulfur during levage. It opens slowly: lemon curd, white peach, chamomile, crushed rock, and raw almond, with a