Nyhet
Rafael Palacios - As Sortes 2022
Vitt vin från Valdeorras Spanien« Rafael Palacios började sitt personliga projekt 2004, i sub-zonen av Bibei Valley, kommun O Bolo, D.O. Valdeorras, genom att köpa gamla vinstockar av regionens druvsort Godello från gamla vinodlare. Den extrema orografin och lågavkastande fattiga jordarna, phylloxeran och depressionen på 1920-talet, hade tvingat odlarna att nästan helt lämna denna lilla men historiska vinodlingsregion Valdeorras åt sidan. »
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| Pris |
699kr
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4195kr
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| Distrikt | Valdeorras |
| Druvor | Godello |
| Årgång | 2022 |
| Procucenter | Rafael Palacios |
| Artikelnr | 4751 |
| Lagerstatus | |
| Fraktkostnad | 159:- |
| Avnjutes mellan | 2024 - 2030 |
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Fyllighet |
Fruktsyra |
Sötma |
Druvor
Tasting note
The super elegant and austere 2021 As Sortes has a sense of harmony and subtleness that is moving. I found great purity, precision and symmetry in the wine. It has marked granite sensations in the palate; it's very tasty, long, fine-grained and textured, with the cold texture of the year. Palacios compared 2021 with 2012, which was very cold and dry before the harvest. It has to be one of the most elegant vintages of As Sortes.
I went back to visit Rafa Palacios in Valdeorras, which I had not done for a decade. He has expanded his winery, which now looks state of the art, and of course his vineyards, close to 40 hectares, even though he still buys grapes from local growers. In 2022, he processed 400,000 kilos of grapes. We went to the vineyards, did a good tasting and discussed the latest vintages. He's one of the finest white wine producers in Galicia and in Spain. 2021 was a cooler year, lighter wines with freshness, but even though 2022 was a warm year, the wines kept freshness that he cannot explain. As for 2023, it has been a very challenging year, with a heat wave that burnt some of the grapes, a long harvest after a turn of the weather with abundant rains that brought some challenges. In 2024, he will do his 20th harvest in Valdeorras and the 20th vintage of As Sortes. The wines have freshness and saline minerality that often transcend the vintage and even the variety, because of the high altitude of O Bolo and the decomposed sandy granite soils.
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Made with grapes from our oldest vineyards in property. They are six small ‘sortes’ that were planted in the late 1970's and early 1980's and that Rafael Palacios acquired upon his arrival to the region during the years 2004 to 2007. They 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). Its soils are pure granite sand, not very fertile and with low yields, which produces wines with a marked geo-climatic character and great personality. Viticulture is based on respect for tradition, the use of organic treatments, and the management of the different works within biodynamic agriculture.
The must is fermented in 500 litre oak barrels and aged for 8 months in barrel.
TASTING
“As Sortes is endowed with a sense of joyfulness, it has aromatic intensity due to the expression of acidity, - grapefruit, red apple, humid boxwood, chesnut flower – and an attractive mineral touch. Cold terrain and fruit blend into medium-intensity breezes. The Godello shows here its more bittersweet side, its angled and cold start on the palate is brilliant, it stretches out, lean, to be picked up at the end of the mouth with a warm, greasy coat and has a long-life script that projects it towards maturity, where the jovial part fades away and the mineral strength of the granite stands out".
