As Sortes Rafael Palacios
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Description
An extremely rare wine made from the Godello variety. There are only a few thousand bottles. Without question one of the best white wines in Spain - perfect harmony of fruit, density and intensity with pronounced minerality
Additional product information
- Designation
- As Sortes Val do Bibei
- Vintage
- 2018
- Flavour
- Dry
- Winery
- Rafael Palacios
- Grape variety
- Godello
- Designation of Origin
- Valdeorras DO
- Vinification
- The must is fermented in 500 litre oak barrels and aged for 8 months in barrel
- Characteristics
- Fine citrus notes, ripe exotic fruits, complex on the palate, very mineral with present acidity, dense, deep and complex, very great wine
- Food recommendation
- Seafood
- Drink temperature
- 10-12° C
- Analysis values in g/l
- Total acid: 4.8 - Total residual sugar: 1.8
- Net quantity
- 0,75 l
- Shelf life (estimated) from vintage
- 15 years
- Producer
- Rafael Palacios - 32350 - Ourence - Spain
- Indication of allergens
- CONTAINS SULPHITES
- Awards
- GUÍA PEÑÍN: 95 points --- THE VINE ADVOCATE, LUIS GUTIÉRREZ: 95 points (Source: https://en.rafaelpalacios.com/puntuaciones-louro)
- Region
- The parcels, are located on the north side of the Bibei Valley, in Santa Cruz do Bolo and at an altitude of over 680 meters. They are vines of the Godello variety with an average age of 40 years, and clones recovered from old traditional vines within the Revival plan (recovery plan of the indigenous vineyard of Valdeorras)
- Soil condition
- Pure granite sand, not very fertile and with low yields, which produces wines with a marked geo-climatic character and great personality
- Alcohol content
- 14% Vol