2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Niederosterreich The 2019 Block B Syrah

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

They now work a lot to produce this wine

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

but the richness of the fruit and the extraordinary silkiness of the tannins bode for an immensely rewarding life ahead

2024 | Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Godello | Valdeorras Niederosterreich The 2019 Block B SyrahA 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