Cesar Marquez 'Parajes' Godello 2021

2021 Parajes Godello
César Márquez Perez

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Grape: 100% Godello

To me, the Godello grape makes wines reminiscent of chardonnay, but from Burgundy where there is tension and minerality allied with a knack for taking to wood pretty well in the nose and aromas but allowing the palate to shine with the site, fruit, and minerality and less of the wood influence.  There is good transparency in this grape just like chardonnay.  If you have had Godello before, this is a more elegant expression than some other producers.  Between the two vintages, 2020 was warmer and should have more fruit and intensity than the 2021 which was a cooler year.  Get what you prefer or get both to see the differences for yourself!

***I think this is the first vintage this wine and NONE of the importers have any details about it.  I have heard great feedback on the wine, so I am sorry I don’t have much else to detail on this wine except that you can count on the quality and character of the wine based on the hands it comes from and ***

Luis (WA) on Cesar: The personal project of César Márquez Pérez will have some more new labels in 2021, but for now (through the 2020 vintage) it's the same wines, just learning about the vineyards. The project has grown, up to 30,000 bottles in 2019 and to 35,000 bottles in 2020, which is the size he wants to stay with as it's what he can do without having to leave the family winery Castro Ventosa, where he's the winemaker. The 2020s felt really superb: the white is the best he has produced, and the reds have less alcohol and perhaps a little less extraction than before, looking for his own style. All of the wines from 2019 onward have the new categories—Vino de Villa, Vino de Paraje… In 2021 he also started advising Estévez Bodegas y Viñedos in oenological matters, so the wines change in 2021. I look forward to tasting them.