currant and liquorice to fully reveal themselves
floral aromtics foreground red cherry
Harmonious and medium-bodied
bursting with spicy flavours of black pepper
but it has the depth and underlying structure to also age very nicely for fifteen or twenty years
2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Hofstatter currant and liquorice to fullyA 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