Palacios Remondo Plácet Valtomelloso 2024

The white 2024 Plácet Valtomelloso was produced with Viura grapes from the Valtomelloso zone of Alfaro at 550 meters above sea level on very white soils. It fermented in oval oak casks, where the wine matured for 10 months. It has a moderate 12% alcohol, lower than in previous years, and a pH of 3.4 coupled with five grams of acidity, and it didn’t go through malolactic fermentation. Álvaro told me this wine is a miracle, because Viura suffers a lot in Alfaro and getting a wine with these parameters is almost impossible. There is purity and definition here, freshness and also texture and flavor. It has notes of fennel and aniseed, white flowers and white fruit and spicy and balsamic notes. It was bottled in December 2025. Drink date: 2026-2036. (Luis Gutiérrez,robertparker.com,March 12, 2026)