The 2019 Godello is more like the first Cave Dog version, 2015, than any of the intervening vintages. That is to say, despite its tendency to close up right after bottling, it has more immediate breadth on the palate and more of the complex hay and sweet pea aromas that recall some wines from southern Burgundy. In the earliest days of fermentation, one thinks of cool site Sauvignon Blanc, but with time it grows more toward something like the Italian Pecorino or even Vermentino, and then the surprise of complexity. It is softer and broader on the palate than its Gallego brother, but still lively and luscious. As before, no malo-lactic and 4 months in neutral white barrels round out the flavors on the Godello.
