ClassificationDO Bierzo
VarietalsGodello

Tip: The EUR 15 winery visit includes a guided tasting and a bodega glass, which makes buying at the cellar door better value than buying blind.

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Gancedo Mencía ★ 4.2

DO BierzoMencíaEUR 9-12 retail

Gancedo farms 100 hectares organically across 600 parcels around Quilós at 600 to 750 metres, and this is the entry red off them.

Tip: Gancedo picks by hand into 15 and 20 kilo crates from the first days of September.

Sonrisa de Tares ★ 4.2

DO BierzoGodelloEUR 9-13 retail

The Bierzo Alto house's entry Godello, from the cooler eastern end of the denomination around San Román de Bembibre.

Tip: Set it against a valley-floor Godello from Pieros or Carracedelo to see what altitude does to the variety inside one DO.

Viernes Mencía ★ 4.1

DO BierzoMencíaEUR 9-12 retail

Godelia's young Mencía from Pieros, and the red half of the winery's take-away tasting case for visitors who cannot stay for a sit-down session.

Tip: The EUR 40 Godelia Joven package is a cellar visit plus a two-bottle case of Viernes Godello and Viernes Mencía for two people to open later.

Capricho Godello ★ 4.2

DO BierzoGodelloEUR 11-15 retail

Gancedo's Godello comes mostly from Lamas de Picón at Canedo, above 650 metres on sandy loam beside an old Roman castro.

Tip: Gancedo also bottles a barrel-aged Godello called Herencia del Capricho, worth tasting alongside this one at the cellar.

Armas de Guerra Godello ★ 4.0

DO BierzoGodelloEUR 7-10 retail

The Cacabelos co-operative's Godello, the cheapest honest route into the variety and a fixture of the co-operative's own town shop.

Tip: The same shop carries the Guerra orujo and vermouths, so it is the single stop for the co-operative's whole range.

El Paisano de Tares ★ 4.2

DO BierzoMencíaEUR 11-15 retail

A step up from Baltos in the Dominio de Tares range, still comfortably under EUR 15 and made from the same Bierzo Alto slopes.

Tip: Taste it beside Baltos and Cepas Viejas to walk the estate's three price tiers in one sitting.

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