I love the liveliness and the youth of the white 2018 Lapena, the 100% Godello that follows up the 2015, as the 2016 and 2017 vintages were not produced. It has pungent herbal notes, coming through as quite varietal and with a background of smoke, spice and nuts that give it a Burgundian side to the nose. But the palate shows the dry minerality from the rocky Ribeira Sacra soils. It should develop nicely in bottle. Only 372 bottles were filled in June 2020 after aging in a single 300-liter oak barrel for seven months with the lees and a further 11 monthjs after racking.