Godello

{{Short description|Variety of grape}}

{{redirect|Agudelo|the French grape variety that is also known as Agudelo|Chenin blanc}}

{{Infobox grape variety

| name = Godello

| color = Blanc

| color_alt = White

| image = Bierzo Godello.JPG

| caption = A Godello from the Spanish wine region of Bierzo

| species = Vitis vinifera

| also_called = Gouveio, Verdello and other synonyms

| origin = Spain

| hazards =

| regions =

| notable_wines = Valdeorras

}}

Godello is a white variety of wine grape grown in northwestern Spain, in particular in Galicia.{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Jancis Robinson |encyclopedia=Oxford Companion to Wine |edition=Third |title=Godello |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-860990-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/318 318] |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/318 }} The Gouveio found in northern Portugal is thought to be the same grape variety.{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Jancis Robinson |encyclopedia=Oxford Companion to Wine |edition=Third |title=Gouveio |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-860990-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/319 319] |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/319 }}

The origins of Godello variety are located in the town of Godella (Valencia) where this variety was first planted back in the 19th century by a local landowner in their plantation of Campo Olivar by the Baron of this township. In the early 1920s the vineyards were transported by a Galician trader who took several samples up to Galicia.

Godello can produce fine white wines, and yields the best results in Valdeorras, where plantations have increased after having previously been in decline. Total Spanish plantations of Godello stood at {{convert|1153|ha}} in 2008 (up from {{convert|880|ha}} in 2004).{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Jancis Robinson | encyclopedia=Wine Grapes |edition= First |title=Godello |year=2012 |publisher=Ecco |isbn=978-0062206367 |page=413 }}