Bodegas Rafael Palacios 'Sorte Antiga' Valdeorras Godello 2020 BOLGHERI He began working in his

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

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Bodegas Rafael Palacios 'Sorte Antiga' Valdeorras Godello 2020 BOLGHERI He began working in hisAt 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.