2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Niederosterreich The Chardonnay version of L'Ensemble

The Chardonnay version of L'Ensemble

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

Les Beaumes) didn't stop ripening and finished at 15%

packed with black-plum fruits and generous Merlot richness

The 2019 Block B Syrah comes from the Paderewski vineyard and was matured 18 months in 81% new French oak

2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Niederosterreich The Chardonnay version of L'EnsembleA 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