Vintage: 2020. D.O: Bierzo. Grape variety: Godello. Soil: sandy clay. Area altitude: 680 m. in Arganza. Age of vineyards: more than 100 years. Climate: continental and atlantic climate. Planting density: 4.000 - 7.000 plants per hectare. Harvest: manual.

Irrigation: no. Production: 2.000 - 3.000 kg/ha. Date of harvest: first week of September, 2020. Fermentation: 500 and 600 liters French oak barrels. Temperature control: no. Filtration: no. Alcohol: 13% Production: 3.215 bottles.

La Salvación is a godello, harvested from centenary strains that has grown between strains of mencía. Its name perfectly describes the desire to recover the centennial godello grapes that are forgotten in the vineyards after the harvest of the mencía. The centenarian godello strains are unusual in El Bierzo. It should be added that the bunches of small size and maturation, which can occur 15 days before a godello of 30 years, promote this distinction. The frame of planting of these centennial vineyards is 1,20 m x 1,20 m. The yield of the old godello is very peculiar, the pressing of the grape does not reach 50% of its yield, compared to the mencía grape, which can reach up to 70%. La Salvación 2020 comes, for the first time, from a single plot of Arganza, a municipality located in the North of the region, with more altitude and therefore freshness. The vineyard, almost one hectare with 110 years old, constitutes the largest vineyard of old godello in Bierzo. The 2020 vintage probably is the best La Salvación vintage of the six existing ones. Characteristics of the vintage: A rainy autumn (more than 500 liters/m2 between October and Decembre 2019) gave away to a dry and warm winter, which led to an advance of about 15 days in the budding of the vines, compared to the 2019 vintage. It had been tears since the temparature in winter had been so spring-like. It hardly snowed in the mountains surrounding El Bierzo.

April broughts some showers, but it was atypical compared to the previous vintages. Summer arrived with a cool June, a warm July, with nights with average temperatures fo even 20 degrees Celsius. On July 11th there was a storm with hailstorm that damaged areas such El Llano, El Foco and even touched El Rapolao a little. The cloud crossed the town diagonall, passing through these places. At harvest, we were surprised by the quality of the grapes. The vintage stands out for being a year of mild temperatures, with round wines from the beginning.The harvest started on August 27th. It was a quick harvest to avoid concentration and alcohol in the wines. This is a great quality vintage of white wines in El Bierzo, and reds are characterised by their elegance, fruit and finesse. Elaboration : The harvesting of the plot o was the first week of September. Manual collection; destemming and pressing of the grape to leave the liquid decanting for 24 hours before entering the barrels, where it will ferment. Unlike previous vintages, no maceration is carried out before pressing. It ferments in barrels, without batonage, temperature control or added yeasts. After 12 months the barrels were emptied by bottling 3.215 bottles without filtering or stabilizing. Aging: 12 months in French oak barrels. Bottling: October 9 th, 2021.