2022 Dominio do Bibei Lapola Ribeira Sacra

The 2022 Godello LaPola from Ribeira Sacra reflects the warm vintage. This fermented and aged for eight months in foudres and 500- to 600-liter barrels. It opens with restrained yet fruity aromas of apple, pear and herbs, without floral tones. The palate is taut and fresh, with a gentle oak presence. The vintage shapes its expression, giving this a rich, textured feel. 92 points

The fruit-driven and primary white 2022 Lapola has a nose of chamomile and dry herbs and a medium-bodied and soft palate with a fine-boned texture and purity of flavors. It`s ripe at 14% alcohol but keeping very good freshness and acidity, reflected by a pH of 3.18 and 6.666 grams of acidity. In the warm 2022 vintage, it was produced with 86% Godello, 7% Albarino, 6% Dona Blanca and 1% Treixadura, fermented in 600-liter oak barrels with indigenous yeasts and matured partly in those 600-liter barrels and partly in 1,200- and 2,400-liter oak foudres with the lees for 10 months. 92+ points