Community Tasting Notes 15

• Conde Likes this wine: 92 points

  August 26, 2020 - This is my second bottle of As Sortes, and now I understand what all the fuss is about! The first bottle I had was way too young: hence also very oaky. This bottle was ripe and ready!
  
  Light yellow colour.
  The nose is rich, fresh and complex with an abundance of ripe, yellow stonefruit and notes of wet stone, yellow flowers and a touch of almonds or nuts.
  On the palate I find the same flavours (as on the nose) with intensity and and purity and with a lovely round and creamy texture. There is definitly oak here, but this time it is integrated and adds a lot of complexity to the wine. I doubt this will get any better by further cellaring, but it is just beautiful now. I had with an apocryphal "Potage Billi Bi" and it was a good match! 91-92 p. Go Godello!

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• MAOC wrote:

  February 21, 2020 - Pretty tight when opened and cooler; with air increased in weight and richness - ripe green fruit, honeysuckle, hints of orange elements, largely primary but with development to the texture, plenty of background freshness ****

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• moods wrote: 92 points

  November 10, 2018 - Deliciously dense and flavorful. Nose of nuts, stony minerals, and some florality. Firm but zesty palate. Long.

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• moods wrote: 92 points

  November 3, 2017 - A big wine, but yet showing plenty of sophistication and poise. Strong and muscular attack with a deep rich core. But also quite feminine with its delightful perfume and delicious mouthwatering fruit.

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• moods wrote: 92 points

  December 24, 2016 - Firm and dense, but also fresh, floral, and citrussy. Lovely purity of fruit coming thru on the palate. Some oiliness in texture. Pretty chunky. Reminiscent of a good Puligny.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type White
• Producer Bodegas Rafael Palacios
• Varietal Godello
• Designation As Sortes
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region Galicia
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Val do Bibei
• UPC Code 8051094410192

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• Pending Delivery 14 (8%)
• In Cellars 48 (29%)
• Consumed 106 (63%)

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