O Produtor, tasting note published in June 15th 2024
Restrained, subtle and elegant. Fresh red fruit and well-balanced tannins. Balsamic aroma, with notes of fresh red fruit and spices, caruma and cinnamon with slight smoke. In the mouth it has great depth, intense and fresh with present structure and very soft tannins tamed by the aging time. Red fruit also in the mouth and spice, long finish that promises great ageing potential.
Luis Seabra Xisto Indie red wine is a blend of native grape varieties from the Cima Corgo region. The vines were planted in 1950 in blueschist soils, at an altitude of 510 meters above sea level.
Winemaking and aging: Hand-harvested at the optimal point of grape ripeness. Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in stone vats. The wine is aged for 22 months in used French oak barrels.
Luis Seabra Xisto Indie is a wine that represents the best of the Douro. A red wine of great elegance.
Awards
92+ – Robert Parker
Allergens information
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 105979
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.
