The white wine As Sortes is crafted by Rioja-born winemaker Rafael Palacios, who has played a key role in the rediscovery of the Godello variety – one of Galicia’s most interesting indigenous white grapes.

The descendant of an illustrious wine dynasty, Rafael Palacios – the younger brother of superstar Álvaro Palacios – makes top-notch white wines in the DO Valdeorras, in the Galician province of Ourense.

This varietal Spanish white wine is sourced from six small plots (‘sortes’, in the local parlance) planted in the late 1970s and early 1980s and situated on the north side of Val do Bibei, at roughly 700 metres of altitude.

The low-yielding vineyards have very poor soils of granitic sand, conditions that produce grapes of exceptional concentration and quality. Vineyard management follows the guidelines of organic viticulture and draws inspiration from biodynamic farming.

The hand-picked grapes went through an extremely meticulous selection, after which this white wine from Valdeorras fermented spontaneously in 500-litre oak barrels and was aged on lees for 8 months.

After being bottled, the white wine As Sortes 2025 was cellared for some months before hitting the market.

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