Indie Xisto 2020, Luis Seabra
Region: Douro
Producer: Luis Seabra
Why we chose this wine
Luis Seabra went to work with 2 old vineyards in the Cima Corgo, the heart of the Douro, and bottled his best grapes under the name 'CRU', a nod to French tradition but also and above all a reference to his method: Luis makes wine in its purest form with minimal intervention. Choosing vineyards and caring for the vines is the foundation. Then he lets nature do its work. He only adds a small amount of sulphite to, as he says, 'make the wines retain their precision' but there too he aims for the bare minimum.
The Indie Xisto is a blend of native varieties made from vines planted in the 1950s grown at high elevation
The Indie Xisto is a blend of native varieties made from vines planted in the 1950s grown at high elevation
| Volume | 75.0 cl. |
| Grape Variety | Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Tinta Amarela, Rufete, Tinta Barroca and others |
| Drinking window | 2026-2030 |
| Alc. | 13.5% |
| Vinification | in open fermentation vats |
| Ripening | About 18 months in used 500-litre oak barrels |
Waar serveer je ’m bij?
In Alijó, at over five hundred and fifty metres and known mainly for white, Luis Seabra found a vineyard of more than seventy years with everything growing side by side. That unusual origin determines the whole wine: a Douro with the coolness of altitude. Fermented in open vats, twenty-two months in used casks, thirteen and a half degrees. Power eight, complexity eleven — more to say than to carry.
Drie gerechten die werken
Roast quail with caramelised shallot
Veal medallions with grilled fennel
Stewed chicken with olives and sun-dried tomato
Veal medallions with grilled fennel
Stewed chicken with olives and sun-dried tomato
Vegetarisch
Grilled radicchio with balsamic and nuts
Minder geschikt bij
Heavy gravies and hard-grilled meat: they make the altitude and freshness of this bottle inaudible.
Voor de Portugees geïnspireerde kok
Mirandesa à transmontana — mountain beef with potato and cabbage
Serveren op 15–16 °C
The producer
Luis Seabra
When Luis Seabra told us in 2012 about his plans to make wine under his own name, we signed up straight away. We had known him for 10 years as a winemaker at Niepoort and knew we could not miss this.
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