O Luar do Sil Godello Sobre Lías 2023
HK$ 289.77
Pago de los Capellanes
Valdeorras
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Features
Type of wine
Style
Occasions
Winery
Size
Appellation
Alcohol
13.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 6ºC and 8ºC
Winemaking
Aged on lees for 3 months.
Description
In the heart of the Sil valley, where the sun slips through the meanders of the river and the sharp slate still bears the echo of ancient Roman terraces, the most intimate project of Pago de los Capellanes is born: O Luar do Sil. Its name, which in Galician evokes the moonlight over the river, is not a casual metaphor, but a declaration of love for the Galician land and its most mysterious grape: Godello.
The Rodero-Villa family, known for their Ribera del Duero reds, took an unexpected and brave turn in 2014: they crossed the peninsula to Valdeorras, not to make a fashionable wine, but to honour the hidden identity of a historic variety. They settled in Seadur, in plots of moderate altitude on decomposed granite and slate soils, where the Godello expresses a very particular tension between ripeness and nerve. Manual cultivation, minimal intervention, and a work with the vineyard that is more reminiscent of goldsmithing than conventional viticulture. Here we are not looking for fashions or labels, but wines that speak softly but say a lot.
Winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand in small boxes, looking for the exact moment when the natural acidity still has the pulse against the concentration. Once in the winery, the grapes are gently pressed without destemming, in order to maintain all the varietal purity. Fermentation is carried out in stainless steel tanks at low temperatures, without any additives to mask the wine's character. But it is in the ageing on fine lees where O Luar do Sil Godello Sobre Lías takes its definitive shape: 4 months of contact with its own yeasts, with moderate bâtonnage, provide a discreet unctuousness, a texture rather than a volume, a mouthfeel that does not overwhelm, but accompanies. No oak ageing, no artifice, letting the raw material speak with honesty.
Taste
When approaching the glass, there is no exuberance or fireworks. O Luar do Sil Godello Sobre Lías is a restrained perfume of dried white flowers, lime peel, ripe pear skin and a note reminiscent of hot stone after rain. On the palate, the entry is silent, almost shy, but in seconds it expands: a precise acidity appears, taut as a violin string, caressing rather than biting. Pink grapefruit, raw almond, a slight bitterness of citrus peel, and even a saline echo, as if the wine were reminiscent of an ancient journey along the Atlantic routes. The ageing on the lees does not fatten the wine, but gives it a creamy, almost glyceric texture that contrasts with its straight profile. The finish is long, elegant, with a mineral and dry aftertaste, where the fruit is diluted and what remains is the purity of a granitic earth that makes no concessions.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
| Bottles | Price | Complete box |
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| 1-5 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 6 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 7-11 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 12 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 13-17 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 18 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 19-23 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 24 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 25-29 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 30 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 31-35 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 36 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 37-41 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 42 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 43-47 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 48 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 49-53 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 54 bottles, Free shipping! |
| 55-59 bottles | HK$ 134.48 | 60 bottles, Free shipping! |
