2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Agricola Gian Piero Marrone The palate is well wound

The palate is well wound and firm

but it will be better from 2026

(not to be confused with Picpoul) a grape that is very closely related to Clairette

It has the harmony and elegance that has earned worldwide appreciation of the rosés of Provence

2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Agricola Gian Piero Marrone The palate is well woundA new release, the 2024 As Sortes Val Do Bibei offers modest, subdued aromatics of dried herb and wet stone. Theres tension and minerality from the high altitude and northern exposure of the Godello vines, not to mention the age of the vines, the oldest in the producers book. A precise, laser focused wine of integrated acidity that persists throughout the medium bodied palate, the flavors angle around citrus, apple, and chestnut, with so much