Pago de los Abuelos
Bierzo Barreiras Godello
Bierzo
2020

The producer

Pago de los Abuelos is a personal venture by Nacho Alvarez, deeply rooted in the Bierzo wine region of Spain. This winery is a tribute to his grandparents, who originally cultivated the land. Specializing in indigenous varietals like Mencia and Godello, Nacho revitalized the vineyards with meticulous care, producing his first vintage in 2018. The estate emphasizes organic farming practices, hand harvesting, and minimal intervention, aiming to express the unique terroir of their 6-hectare estate through their wines.

The wine

The Pago de los Abuelos Bierzo Barreiras Godello 2020 is a white wine from Spain's Castilla y Leon region, specifically from Bierzo. Made from 100% Godello grapes, it showcases a tropical and balanced style, with a dry sweetness and an alcohol content of 13.5%. It's recommended to be enjoyed between 2019 and 2025 and pairs well with chicken and turkey.

We choose our wines based on a range of criteria (see how we choose our wines) of which critic scores is just one. Rather than simply highlight the best score to promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a 92/100 average critic score or better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add individual critic scores to our website in the future.