Description
Within the Columbia Valley designation, the 2020 Poberaj Wines Columbia Valley Godello is a Washington white wine from the United States made from Godello and recorded in retail materials under that regional label. Poberaj Wines is based north of White Salmon, where Jure Poberaj and Nina Jimenez built a small family winery after work spanning bread, wine service, farming, and vineyard study. Jure Poberaj also draws on harvest experience with Joško Gravner in Friuli, and the cellar reflects that connection to Georgian vessel traditions. Public material for this exact Godello does not identify the vineyard, altitude, or exposure; more broadly, the winery works mainly with organic fruit from Columbia Gorge vineyards, where rainfall, elevation, basalt, volcanic ash, and Missoula Flood deposits shift over short distances. The 2020 Godello is described as 100 percent skin-contact Godello, with qvevri central to Poberaj fermentation and aging, followed by time in large botti or neutral oak. The cuvée fits Poberaj’s work around amphora technique, manual production, and low-intervention Washington varieties.