2022 Raul Perez Ultreia La Claudina Godello, Bierzo, Spain Cooper Mountain Vineyards and a hint of quince

and a hint of quince

The richer

cherries and spices

mineral-accented dark berry preserve

2022 Raul Perez Ultreia La Claudina Godello, Bierzo, Spain Cooper Mountain Vineyards and a hint of quinceFrom the village where the Prez family has farmed for more than three centuries, La Claudina is Ral Prez at his most quietly radical a single sandy parcel of old vine Godello in Valtuille de Abajo, fermented spontaneously in one old foudre and left to grow a veil of flor through the spring, exactly as fine Sherry or Jura whites do. The result is Godello reimagined: biscuit, wafer, and white flower laced with raw almond and a saline mineral pulse,