Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Valdeorras Godello 2022

Rafael Palacios As Sortes Val do Bibei Valdeorras Godello

Region: Valdeorras, Galicia, Spain

Vintage: 2022

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Godello

ABV: 14%

On the nose, this wine is intensely aromatic showing white flowers, red apple and a subtle mineral note. The palate displays a lovely richness and weight, underpinned by a fresh acidity and saline character that continue through to the persistent finish.

This wine is produced with grapes sourced from six small ‘sortes’, planted in the late 1970's and early 1980's. They are some of the oldest vineyards owned by Rafael Palacios, located in Santa Cruz do Bolo on the north side of the Bibei Valley. The soils here are pure granite sand , with low fertility. This, combined with an altitude of over 680 meters above sea level, results in low yields and as a result, wines with a true sense of place.

Since starting his own winery in 2004, Rafael Palacios has fast become one of Spain’s pre-eminent producers of white wine. His 32 parcels of Godello, which are spread over 19.5 hectares in the Val do Bibei in Valdeorras, Galicia, produce some of Spain’s most interesting white wines. The vines are planted on steep hills turned into terraces buttressed by stones. Rafa’s viticulture is sensitive to the fragile nature of these old terraces, and he has adapted his approach to ensure these magnificent structures are preserved. His viticulture is low intervention, with some of the older plots (or ‘sortes’ in Galician) being farmed biodynamically.

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