O Luar do Sil Vides de Córgomo 2022
HK$ 417.08
Features
Type of wine
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Size
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Alcohol
14.0%
Grapes
Serving
Between 6ºC and 8ºC
Winemaking
Cold pre-fermentation skin soaking for 4 hours. Fermented and aged for 8 months in stainless steel tanks, concrete tanks, French oak foudres and acacia 500 litre barrels. Lastly, the wine is bottle aged for a further 18 months.
Description
In the heart of Valdeorras, where the Sil meanders between granite hills and old vineyards hanging from the stone, the dream of O Luar do Sil was born. It was the restlessness of the Pago de los Capellanes family - based in the Ribera del Duero -that led them to look to Galicia, not with the intention of replicating formulas, but to listen to the murmur of a different land. In Córgomo, a small village in O Barco de Valdeorras, they discovered very old Godello vines clinging to pure granite soils, without concessions, without make-up. There, where the Atlantic climate barely manages to soften the continental harshness, where the nights are cool even in summer and the harvest can be delayed until almost October, they decided to plant their flag with humility and precision.
O Luar do Sil Vides de Córgomo is the result of a radical commitment to identity: a wine made exclusively from a plot of less than two hectares, cultivated organically, with minimum intervention and maximum respect. For years, they resisted the temptation to uproot and replant. They opted for traditional goblet pruning, even when yields were minimal. One year, after a devastating spring frost, they refused to intervene with chemicals and assumed a tiny harvest. What others would have considered a defeat, they experienced as a reaffirmation of their purpose: to make a Godello that does not sound fashionable, but rather local.
Winemaking
At O Luar do Sil Vides de Córgomo, the grapes are harvested by hand, in small boxes, just at dawn, when the fruit still retains the freshness of the night. The grapes are selected bunch by bunch in the winery, and only the healthiest ones, those that express tension and balanced ripeness, go on to the next stage. A brief, almost symbolic, cold maceration allows the most fragile aromas to be preserved. Fermentation takes place spontaneously, in stainless steel tanks, with indigenous yeasts, without any corrections, without haste. Subsequently, the wine rests on its fine lees for 6 months, without battonage, seeking volume without losing the straight line of acidity that defines Córgomo.
Bottling is carried out without aggressive stabilisation, with light filtration to preserve the integrity of the wine. The result is not a tamed Godello, but one that breathes freedom and precision.
Taste
From the first nose, O Luar do Sil Vides de Córgomo is restrained, mineral, almost elusive. There is no burst of fruit, only hints: a haze of lime peel, green quince, raw almond. A saline note appears, reminiscent of wet stone after rain, the dry, sharp smell of slate broken by the sun. With some air, a thread of wilted white flower emerges, perhaps chamomile, perhaps a vestige of wild fennel.
On the palate, O Luar do Sil Vides de Córgomo is tense, one of those that walk on a razor's edge. Precise, austere, vertical. The acidity is firm, almost cutting, but elegantly integrated. There is a subtle texture, like raw silk, that envelops the palate without overwhelming. The finish is long, with an aftertaste of grapefruit, talcum powder and an echo of white smoke. There are no concessions to voluptuousness: this is a wine for those who seek truth, for those who are not afraid of mineral sobriety, for those who understand that silence can also be a form of beauty.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
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