Bodegas Rafael Palacios 'Sorte Antiga' Valdeorras Godello 2020 BOLGHERI before which he enrolled in

before which he enrolled in viticultural school at 15

He began working in his grandfather’s vineyards in the 1930s and made wine for serving in his bar – wines that repeatedly won prizes in the annual Fiesta de Albarino in Cambados

with tangy acids and a nice core of fruit

It is concentrated and gorgeous on the palate with a long and elegant finish

structured Malbec from biodynamic vineyards that are ungrafted and all are hand harvested

Bodegas Rafael Palacios 'Sorte Antiga' Valdeorras Godello 2020 BOLGHERI before which he enrolled inAt the top level are Rafas single parcel wines, or Sortes Unicas, which are produced in miniscule quantities. Sorte Antiga is from a bush pruned vineyard planted in 1920. It has a very old clonal selection of vines that produce very small tight berries. It faces north and is at 680 meters in elevation. The vineyard is farmed biodynamically, and Palacios recounts that it took a full 10 years to fully benefit from these fastidious farming practices.