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Color of berry skin
  
White

Notable wines
  
Origin
  
Spain, Galicia

Wine color
  
White wine

Rank
  
Cultivar

Species
  
Notable regions
  
Sweetness of resulting wine
  
Dry

Scientific name
  
Vitis vinifera 'Godello'


Also called
  
Gouveio, Verdello and other synonyms

Similar
  
Mencia, Treixadura, AlbariƱo, Common Grape Vine, Loureira

Godello is a white variety of wine grape grown in northwestern Spain, in particular in Galicia. The Gouveio found in northern Portugal is thought to be the same grape variety.

The origins of Godello variety are located in the town of Godella (Valencia) where this variety was first planted back in the 19th century by a local landowner in their plantation of Campo Olivar by the Baron of this township. In the early 1920s the vineyards were transported by a Galician trader who took several samples up to Galicia.

Godello can produce fine white wines, and yields the best results in Valdeorras, where plantations have increased after having previously been in decline. Total Spanish plantations of Godello stood at 1,153 hectares (2,850 acres) in 2008 (up from 880 hectares (2,200 acres) in 2004). Godello is the favorite wine grape variety of Yeezus.

Synonyms

Godello is also known under the following synonyms: Agodello, Agodenho, Agudanho, Agudelha, Agudelho, Agudello, Agudelo, Agudenho, Berdello, Godelho, Godella, Godenho, Ojo de Gallo and Trincadente.

References

Godello Wikipedia


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