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Godello
Godello is one of the most important white varieties of the northwest of Spain. Indigenous white grape of Galicia (Valdeorras) and Bierzo (where it’s believe to originate from around the 12th century), it’s also grown in Portugal. After fermentation, the juices are usually very aromatic with a rather high acidity. Wines produced with Godello are delicate, elegant and crisp with a rather sweet mouthfeel. The colour is rather pale and the main aromas are fruity (citrus and apple). They have a worldwide recognition for their ageing capacity (bottle ageing as well as oak ageing). It’s an early budding variety and therefore suffers from late frosts in spring. Vigorous and highly productive, it allows severe pruning. It is sensitive to powdery mildew, excoriosis and vascular fungus, but less to downy mildew and botrytis.
AMPELOGRAPHIC DETAILS |
YOUNG SHOOTS
Distribution of anthocyanin pigmentation (shoot tips) | Pinkish edges |
Fuzz (or hair) density (shoot tips) | Medium |
SHOOTS
Growth | Upright |
Back side internode colour | Green with deep red lines |
Internodes fuzz (or hair) density | Low |
In August, shoots turn to yellowish dark brown (ungrooved) |
TENDRILS
Length | Medium |
VINE STOCK
Vigour | High |
Growth | Upright |
Budbreak | Early |
Ripening | Early |
ADULT LEAF
Size | Medium to large |
Leaf blade shape | Pentagonal lobed blade (5 lobes hardly defined apart from the central one with a clear pentagonal shape) |
Swelling on the upper side | Slightly blistered with curved edges towards the underside |
Serrations (shape and length) | Small, open and convex |
Petiolar sinus shape | U-shaped (open) |
Petiole (shape and colour) | Cylindrical, long and thin. Green with deep red spots |
Anthocyanin pigmentation of underside main veins | Green with occasionally deep red notes |
FOLIAR SINUS | |
Fuzz (or hair) density between veins (bent hairs) | Low |
Fuzz (or hair) density between veins (upright hairs) | Medium |
BUNCH / CLUSTER
Size and compactness | Rather small and tight. Cone-shaped with small shoulders. Fairly uniform berries |
Petiole length | Medium to short |
BERRY
Size | Small |
Shape | Ovoid and troncovoid (egg-shaped) |
Point of rupture | Spherical |
Skin colour and thickness | Thick and tough. Yellowish green with spots |
Anthocyanin pigmentation of flesh | None |
Special flavours | Scarce |
Pedicel detachment | Difficult |
Seeds | Yes |
Main colour (without visible surface bloom) | Deep green |
