<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://planetavino.net/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/wpid-Photo-May-19-2013-21011.jpg" target="_blank" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://planetavino.net/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/wpid-Photo-May-19-2013-21011.jpg" id="blogsy-1376278317354.5845" class="alignleft" width="230" height="306" alt="Amizade Godello 2011: Spanish wine from the Monterrei region"></a></div>

<p style="text-align: justify;">I always love to recommend another Spanish wine made with Godello ...one of my favorite grape varieties!  I had the Amizade 2011 with Asian fusion flavors at one of my favorite Madrid fast food spots, <a href="http://planetavino.net/2013/08/08/madrids-best-restaurants-street-xo/" target="_self" title="StreetXO: exciting Asian street food in Madrid">StreetXO</a>, and it was a perfect match.  This 2011 has very floral and citrus notes and it really handled the complex Asian combinations well.   It&#39;s a fairly simple wine but really crisp and attractive and just what you are looking for in this case.  The price is really budget friendly at about 10€ in Spain and about 15-20$ here in the US.  The labels for the Spanish and US market are completely different, you can see the Spanish label here...the US label is totally black.</p>

<!--more--><p style="text-align: justify;">The 2010 vintage of this wine is mentioned in a New York Times article about Godello from 2012.  It mentions "light minerality" as part of the flavor profile.  I have only tasted the 2011, maybe it&#39;s the vintage, but the wine did not seem mineral at all but rather fruity and floral, with a bit of lees.  My favorite Godellos are generally intensely mineral but in this case the easy floral and citrus notes made it a much better match for the StreetXO dishes.  I hope to try the 2010 soon as the 2011 has not arrived in the US market yet.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">The Amizade is a collaboration between top Albariño producer Do Ferreiro and the American importer De Maison Selections in the region of Monterrei in Galicia.  It is mostly Godello, with a touch of the Treixadura variety added in.  It spent 12 month aging with its lees in stainless steel.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;">Check out some more of my recommended Godellos here, here and here.  If you see the Amizade at a good price, it&#39;s a good introduction to Godello....give it a whirl!  Any favorite Godellos out there?</p>

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