A week ago I
ended the longest relationship I’ve ever been in. I felt like I’d given it a
pretty good go and it just wasn’t working for me anymore. Considering his
reaction to my saying it was over, my now-ex couldn’t have cared less anyway so
all in all it was a win-win. I’d never dated anyone for that long (a year and a
half, which is a LONG time for me) so I expected to be more upset than I was.
Don’t get me wrong, for about 12 hours I was a crying mess and had my poor
roommate most concerned, but then I just… got over it I guess. It’d been a bad
relationship for a while and I’d never let anyone make me feel so small and
insignificant for such a long time and I was rather upset with myself for that.
Once I got all that through my head it became a lot easier to see the up-side
to being single again, like getting to use my “heartbreak” as an excuse to
guilt all my coworkers into being nice to me and to splurge on wine.
As tempting
as it was to drown my not-really-existent sorrows in the latest “wine”
obsession, Capprichio Sangria (it’s like Four Loko… but wine! And yes, that
does sound beyond awful to me), which we’d just gotten in, much to my annoyance,
I went with an actual Spanish wine, Viñaredo Godello.
This wine had
just appeared on my shelves during a brief period I was away from work that
week. I was excited because my selection of Spanish whites was lacking and I
hadn’t had the chance to taste more than a few Godellos, though the ones I had
tried were very good. Until 50 or so years ago it had almost ceased to exist.
Thankfully a handful of winemakers in the region managed to bring attention
again to this nearly forgotten grape and since then it has thrived and grown in
reputation. Wines made from Godello come from Valdeorras which is within the Galicia
region of Spain in the Northwest. The style of this wine can vary depending on what
the winemaker chooses to do with it.
The Viñaredo
Godello was a rather fun wine. The nose was dominated by notes of green apple, grapefruit
and just a hint of sea salt. The palate was crisp and bright with the addition
flavors of pineapple, lime and just a hint of wet rocks. The finish was perfect
for the hot weather we’re having (and will continue to have until December)
with high acidity that leaves your tongue tingling for quite a while. On day
two it did seem to lose some of the bright crispness that I’d really enjoyed,
but it was still more than drinkable.
