Red Wine

Xisto

Ilimitado 2020, 75cl

Douro

Xisto

In the Douro Valley, where numerous grape varieties are planted on terraces, slopes, and flatter areas, schist is the common factor. This was the starting point for Xisto Ilimitado, an exploration aiming to express the diverse zones with unique character, regardless of the varieties planted there. In the Cotas and Ervedosa do Douro areas, we use vineyards aged between 25 and 65 years, planted on wide terraces and slopes above 400 meters.

Over the years that Luís Seabra worked in the Douro region, he developed a deep knowledge of a selection of old vineyards with a unique character shaped by their location and grape varieties.

The grapes come from two Cima Corgo vineyards, one in Covas do Douro and the other in Ervedosa do Douro, both over 80 years old. The first vineyard is planted at 400 meters facing west, and the second at 570 meters facing north. Both vineyards were harvested separately, with the grapes vinified in open wood vats made from old Port wine barrels, each with 60% whole clusters. The total maceration time was 29 days, and after pressing, the wine was aged in 350-liter and 228-liter barrels for the Ervedosa wine. Malolactic fermentation occurred in barrel, in contact with the lees until August, and the total aging period was 18 months.

This wine pairs well with complex dishes with reductions and meat jus, dishes with truffles and mushrooms, lamb, goat, or grilled aged meats.

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

Luís Seabra

After many years working for others was time to follow my own path, in 2013 Luis Seabra Vinhos was born, the mission is to create wines that tell about the place where they are coming from, made with a minimal intervention philosophy, respecting their nature and character. We want our wines to be able to show the different soils where the vineyards are planted, the different altitudes and exposures, their differences, and similarities With the conscience that this are just the first steps of a long road, the adventure still is to discover the old and unknown vineyards that resist over the years. We want above all to create unique wines. Over these years I developed a special relationship with some of the old vines. Those ones are not lush and their trunks mostly are not thick and imposing. On the contrary – they are slender and twisted, have their own serenity coming from age. They respond more calmly than the other vineyards to various weather conditions, holding better the heat peaks and water stress and also resisting better the rain that insists on dropping before the harvest. Those vineyards have a singular character given by the site where they are planted and the varieties that make up the mixture. If we respect the grapes individuality in the winery the wines will be as the vineyards – discrete, not exuberant and with a depth and complexity coming from the long years of experience.