2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Agricola Gian Piero Marrone Long and caressing finish

Long and caressing finish

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

red currants and tart red cherry as well as notes of pink grapefruit

and persistent

2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Agricola Gian Piero Marrone Long and caressing finishA 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