diff --git a/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/redshift.py b/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/redshift.py
index 39453f0cd2..22dc2f9dbc 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/redshift.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/core/engine_adapter/redshift.py
@@ -295,7 +295,12 @@ def _to_identifier_if_string(expression: exp.Expr) -> exp.Expr:
 
             sortkey = table_properties.get("SORTKEY")
             if sortkey:
-                sortkey_expressions = sortkey.expressions if sortkey.expressions else [sortkey]
+                if isinstance(sortkey, (exp.Tuple, exp.Array)):
+                    sortkey_expressions = sortkey.expressions
+                elif isinstance(sortkey, exp.Paren):
+                    sortkey_expressions = [sortkey.unnest()]
+                else:
+                    sortkey_expressions = [sortkey]
                 properties.append(
                     exp.SortKeyProperty(
                         this=[
diff --git a/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_redshift.py b/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_redshift.py
index ddd2c7c2c8..9a88900779 100644
--- a/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_redshift.py
+++ b/tests/core/engine_adapter/test_redshift.py
@@ -152,22 +152,33 @@ def test_create_table_physical_properties_with_string_columns(
     ]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "sortkey, expected_sortkey",
+    [
+        ('"batch_time"', 'SORTKEY("batch_time")'),
+        ("batch_time", 'SORTKEY("batch_time")'),
+        ('("batch_time")', 'SORTKEY("batch_time")'),
+        ("(batch_time)", 'SORTKEY("batch_time")'),
+        ('("batch_time", "id_file")', 'SORTKEY("batch_time", "id_file")'),
+        ('["batch_time", "id_file"]', 'SORTKEY("batch_time", "id_file")'),
+    ],
+)
 def test_create_table_physical_properties_from_model_definition(
-    make_mocked_engine_adapter: t.Callable,
+    make_mocked_engine_adapter: t.Callable, sortkey: str, expected_sortkey: str
 ):
     adapter = make_mocked_engine_adapter(RedshiftEngineAdapter)
     model: SqlModel = t.cast(
         SqlModel,
         load_sql_based_model(
             d.parse(
-                """
+                f"""
 MODEL (
     name test_schema.test_table,
     kind full,
     physical_properties (
         diststyle = key,
         distkey = "id_file",
-        sortkey = "batch_time"
+        sortkey = {sortkey}
     )
 );
 SELECT id_file::INT, batch_time::TIMESTAMP;
@@ -183,7 +194,7 @@ def test_create_table_physical_properties_from_model_definition(
     )
 
     assert to_sql_calls(adapter) == [
-        'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "test_schema"."test_table" ("id_file" INTEGER, "batch_time" TIMESTAMP) DISTSTYLE KEY DISTKEY("id_file") SORTKEY("batch_time")',
+        f'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "test_schema"."test_table" ("id_file" INTEGER, "batch_time" TIMESTAMP) DISTSTYLE KEY DISTKEY("id_file") {expected_sortkey}',
     ]