🍇 Godello
White wine grape from Portugal; parents Castellana Blanca × Savagnin (Traminer); 33 synonyms in VIVC.
Godello is a white wine grape from Portugal. In the VIVC catalogue it is listed under the prime name Gouveio, and the name Godello is among its synonyms.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Castellana Blanca and Savagnin (Traminer).
According to VIVC, it covered 1,153 ha in Spain (2008), 970 ha in Portugal (2010) and 198 ha in Australia (1991). Samples of the variety are kept in 20 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 33 synonyms for it, among them Agodello, Agodenho and Agudanho, so the same grape can turn up under other names. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Godello → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Spanish wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Valdeorras, 📍 Bierzo, 📍 Ribeiro, 📍 Galicia, 📍 Ribeira Sacra, 📍 Monterrei
- Main grape in
- 📍 Ribeira Sacra, 📍 Bierzo, 📍 Monterrei, 📍 Ribeiro, 📍 Valdeorras
- Parents
- 🍇 Traminer, 🍇 Castellana Blanca
- Similar and different
- 🍇 Verdelho
Frequently asked questions
Where does Godello come from?
According to VIVC, from Portugal.
What are the parents of Godello?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Castellana Blanca and Savagnin (Traminer).
Under what other names is Godello known?
VIVC lists 33 synonyms for it, among them Agodello, Agodenho and Agudanho, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Spanish wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
- 📍 Bierzo — A mountain basin on the way into Galicia.
- 📍 Galicia — Spain's Atlantic north-west; 5 DOP and 5 IGP, Albariño from Rías Baixas and Mencía from the terraces of Ribeira Sacra.
- 🍇 Verdelho — A white grape of Portugal; Verdelho Madeira is medium dry, 17–22 % vol.; according to VIVC it is the same grape as Gouveio and Godello.
- 📍 Monterrei — The warmest Galician area, next to Portugal.
Similar
🍇 Mencía · 🍇 Treixadura · 🍇 Lado · 🍇 Verdejo · 🍇 Ferrón · 🍇 Loureira Tinta
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Gouveio
- VIVC: area statistics GOUVEIO
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata