2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Domaine Pfister Rully lies at the northern

Rully lies at the northern end of the Côte Chalonnaise and was once such a cool site that it became a centre for sparkling-wine production

Mid purple

and lead pencil notes all emerge from the glass

While the fruit seems fresher than the nose implies

with a hint of nut oil into a palate filled with orchard fruit and baking spice

2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Domaine Pfister Rully lies at the northernA 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