2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Agricola Gian Piero Marrone bright acidity and a hint

bright acidity and a hint of baking spice

The palate is well wound and firm

but it will be better from 2026

Rock-solid

2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Agricola Gian Piero Marrone bright acidity and a hintA 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