Once again straight to the very west of Spain! This
time to the relatively unknown, rather new (since 1994) and pretty small DO Monterrei in Galicia
on the northern border to Portugal.
The wine is a white blend made of the autochthonous varietals Godello (70%),
Treixadura (20%) and Albarino (10%). The actual Boutique-Bodega was established
by the Blanco Núnez brothers a couple of years ago and produces altogether just
4 wines. All made from autochthonous varietals. Before this venture they gained
quite a lot of wine experience in Catalonia.
The Pazo de Mariñán got a very lush bright yellow colour with a minor cast of light green. The
very delicate and reserved nose convinced my with fresh scents of green lemon,
wild thyme, guava, white flowers and hints of honey and black pepper. Its taste
was distinctly dominated by very fresh flavours of green lemon, green apples, melon,
guava and even some grass. Besides that I was under the impression to taste hints of
whipped cream, honey and some fresh cut bush branches. In short: the
Pazo was a delicate, fresh and fruitful wine, maybe almost Central European seeming wine. On the other hand I spotted features
I usually might connect with a robust, surely not weak, mentionable concentrated and slightly spicy South European
White like for instance a Verdicchio or maybe a Fiano. Whatever, what I am
trying to elaborate is: Really damn good summer wine for temperatures over 30 C and for very little money!
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