2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Niederosterreich This Premier Cru Fourchaume shows

This Premier Cru Fourchaume shows a richness developed from meticulous plot selection and separate vinification before blending and ageing in fine grain barrels

The Chardonnay version of L'Ensemble

Its finish is delicate and silky with a gorgeous mineral cut

Delicious if less classic

2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Niederosterreich This Premier Cru Fourchaume showsA 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