2023 A Coroa Godello

Its Origins

Awarded as the best winery in Galicia by the 'Association of Sommeliers', A Coroa Winery was erected in the 18th century in a magical place rising out of a crown-shaped promontory that gives the winery its name (coroa/crown). Located in Galicia at the heart of Valdeorras region it is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman fort and surrounded by vineyards where there still flourish vestiges of this history. Considered one of the oldest wineries in Galicia, A Coroa’s first project was born around 1750. In 2002, from the union of Roberto Fernández García with the fourth generation of the winegrowers family, López Vicente, the new A Coroa estate was born and founded as a tribute to its ancestors, their effort, and their commitment. With the firm desire to produce only the highest quality wines, the complex is also equipped with the most modern winemaking technology to safeguard the maximum expression and naturalness of the grape. To this end, source vineyards have been recovered and acquired in the best growing areas of Valdeorras. The majority of the domaine’s twenty hectares of vines are planted to Godello on prime mid-slope expositions in A Rúa which run from slate to granite and alluvial material depending on the altitude of the parcel. The holdings are anchored by the emblematic nine-hectare parcel of A Sobreira, which was planted in 2002 and supplies 60% of the production of the delicious all-tank estate Godello. A Coroa’s crop, one of the lowest-yielded in the entire appellation, is hand-harvested. Native yeasts propagated via pied de cuve carry out the alcoholic fermentations, and the intrinsically low malic acidity of the Godello variety allows for a natural eschewal of malolactic fermentation. This, along with cool and reductive élevage, furnish these Godello's with a piercingly focused brilliance.