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Rafael Palacios

Rafael Palacios is an absolute icon in Spanish wine and more specifically in the field of white wines. In Valdeorras, in the Bibei Valley area, he makes some of the best Godellos in Spain. Acclaimed by prescribers and consumers alike, his whites from small, lost Godello vineyards perfectly portray the angular, Atlantic terroir of the O Bolo area.

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Tasting notes

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Godello shows here his most bittersweet side, his angled and cold start on the palate is bright, it lengthens stretched, lean, to be collected at the finish with a fatty coat and hot and takes writing a screenplay long-lived projects will to maturity where the jovial part vanishes and protrudes mineral force granite "

Information

Appellation

Valdeorras
Grape

Godello
Country

Spain
Recommended Pairing

Anchovies, Fish rice dishes, Oysters, Sushi, Seafood
Zones

Galicia
Alcohol

14%
Temperatura de servicio

Se recomienda servir a 10ºC
Ocasiones

Conoce a tus suegros, Wine Freaks
Recommended Glass

Gabriel Glas StandART
Tipo de Vino

Blanco

As Sortes

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Vintage

2022
2023

Size

Bottle 75cl.

€61.20

Te sale a €81.60/l

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Description of As Sortes

Made with grapes from the oldest vineyards owned by the winery. There are 6 small "sortes" that were planted by local winegrowers in the late 70's and early 80's and that Rafael Palacios acquired upon his arrival in the region during the years 2004 to 2007. As Sortes is one of the Spanish white wines that most accurately represents the balance between its cool angular terroir and varietal identity. A Godello from granitic sandy soils that develops an Atlantic profile, crisp, with notes of grapefruit and white flower without giving up an almost Burgundian texture as only Rafael Palacios knows how to do. A wine that gastronomically fits perfectly with noble fish that require a certain balance of acidity and clean mouthfeel, such as turbot, and that is up to the task with products of great concentration of flavour, such as shellfish or all types of crustaceans.

Ideal pairing

Seafood
Sushi
Oysters
Fish rice dishes
Anchovies

Making notes As Sortes

Notas del Viñedo

Elaborated with grapes of older vineyards on property. There are 6 small "sortes" that were planted by local viticulturists at the end of the 1970s and early 80s and that Rafael Palacios acquired upon arrival in the region during 2004 to 2007. They are located on the north side of the Valle del Bibei, in Santa Cruz do Bolo and at an altitude of more than 680 meters. They are strains of the Godello variety of an average of 40 years of age, and clones recovered from ancient traditional strains within the Revival Plan (Plan for Recovery of Native Varieties of Valdeorras). Its soils, are cigars in granite sands, little fertile and with low yields, which produces wines with marked geo - climate character and great personality.