Benito Santos, Godello, Monterrei, 2021 Pierre Damoy spice and liquorice

spice and liquorice

Viosinho and Gouveio the wine shows a fine balance between a nutty richness on the palate while retaining enough acidity to offer sufficient freshness

The finish is long

and a refreshing salinity on the finish that you’d expect to find from wines grown on calcareous soils

Benito Santos, Godello, Monterrei, 2021 Pierre Damoy spice and liquoriceBenito Santos is a central figure in the modern history of Albario and the Rias Baixas DO. He began working in his grandfathers vineyards in the 1930s making wine for his bar. In the 1960s he repeatedly won prizes in the Annual Fiesta de Albarino in Cambados and was was instrumental in the creation of the DO in the 1980s. The winery was built in 1979. He is buried nearby in the grounds of the Monastery of Calago in Arousa. In his work he showed