2022 Dominio do Bibei Lapola Ribeira Sacra Blanco [WA92+][V92]

Producer: Dominio do Bibei  
Region: Ribeira Sacra, Spain  
Blend: 83% Godello, 10% Albariño and 7% Doña Blanca & Treixadur  
Year: 2022 

Wine Advocate, 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." 

Vinous, 92 Points 

"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." 

Alcohol: 14% 

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