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Rafael Palacios Louro 2023
DOZEN: $583.20 or $48.60 each
The young, balsamic and still faintly medicinal entry-level white 2023 Louro is dense, ripe and powerful at 13.9% alcohol, pungent and intense with a bitter twist in the finish. It’s very tasty, almost salty, with cleanliness and precision, combining power with freshness and elegance. This is quite impressive and a preview of the rest of the 2023s to come. LUIS GUTIERREZ, The Wine Advocate
Rafael Palacios is one of the established stars of the Spanish wine scene. Since 2004 he’s worked exclusively in the small, back then unknown town of O Bolo in the upper reaches of the Valdeorras zone of Galicia.
Biodynamically farmed and using 3,500l oak foudre, Louro manages to convey a huge amount of flavour for the entry level wine of Rafa's collection: Texturally there's enough there to recall old world Chardonnay, with subtle, just ripe orchard fruit hanging along a fresh acid line who's slight saline touch recalls the granite soils of the O Bolo. There's a certain tertiary note of forest and moss that adds to the complex nature and old world vibe of Louro.