2021 Orixe Sotelo Albor - USA, California, Sierra Foothills, Calaveras County (5/23/2023)
I have loved the 2020 inaugural vintage of this wine, so had to get the 2021. It’s not quite the same (duh!), but still a very interesting and delicious wine. The combination of Albariño and Godello provides a mix of fresh pit fruit and herbal aromas, and it also gives a richness on the palate that makes the wine feel substantial at a very reasonable alcohol level of 13%. There’s a clear fresh peach flavor, and then at the end, an unmistakable note of Flintstones chewable vitamins. You probably have to be a certain age to know what that is, but it’s there! Takes me way back.