Bodegas Mengoba: Las Tinajas Godello 2018

Parker om: Las Tinajas Godello

The characterful 2018 Mengoba las Tinajas fermented and macerated with the skins for 10 months in clay tinajas (amphorae), but the skin contact, despite being long, doesn't feel exaggerated—the wine comes through as quite harmonious and subtler than the majority of orange wines. It has notes of apricot and marmalade and a dry and serious palate, beautifully textured with some fine-grained tannins and a dry, long and tasty finish. It was bottled unfined and unfiltered. It's sold without appellation of origin, as it doesn't really show the expected typicity of the whites from the appellation. 1,100 bottles were filled in November 2020 after one year in tinaja, 10 of those months with the skins. 94+/100