Rafael Palacios Valdeorras As Sortes 2019 (6x150cl)
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Sampled from a vat, this is one of the best As Sortes I have ever tasted, comparable to the iconic 2011. It's a prodigy of subtleness and elegance. Everything is firmly delicate in this wine. Restrained aromas open up parsimoniously, with a steely structure like a great Burgundy, but with flinty acidity almost like Grosses Gewächs from Rheingau. Despite the fact that the sample was not yet bottled, the wine had no oak influence, just the indication that it had been aged, as top Godello must. Rafael Palacios is refining his work year after year, reaching the magic of the greatest wines. A top wine, and one to keep.
Drinking Window: 2020 - 2039
Reviewer Name: Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW
Review Date: 31st July 2020
- Details
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- Year 2019
- Colour White
- Country Spain
- Region Galicia
- Sub Region Valdeorras
- Designation
- Pack Size 6x150cl
- ABV 13.50°
- Drinking Window 2020 - 2039
- Drinking Recommendation Drinking Now, will improve
- LWIN 127711520190601500
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Sampled from a vat, this is one of the best As Sortes I have ever tasted, comparable to the iconic 2011. It's a prodigy of subtleness and elegance. Everything is firmly delicate in this wine. Restrained aromas open up parsimoniously, with a steely structure like a great Burgundy, but with flinty acidity almost like Grosses Gewächs from Rheingau. Despite the fact that the sample was not yet bottled, the wine had no oak influence, just the indication that it had been aged, as top Godello must. Rafael Palacios is refining his work year after year, reaching the magic of the greatest wines. A top wine, and one to keep.
Drinking Window: 2020 - 2039
Reviewer Name: Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW
Review Date: 31st July 2020
- Producer
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Rafael Palacios has one of the most recognisable family names in Spanish wine-making, with brother Alvaro making iconic reds in Priorat and the original estate producing top notch Rioja. Rafael, however is making some of the country's most exceptional white wines and doing so in truly original fashion. Raising the profile of Godello as a fine wine grape, Rafael has become a regional trendsetter.
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