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Luis Seabra, Douro Xisto Ilimitado Tinto, 2021

Red Wine from Porto & Douro, Portugal
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A delightful blend of mostly Touriga Franca, Tinta Amarela and Tinta Roriz (the local name for Tempranillo), with a smattering of Rufete, Tinta Barroca and a few other obscure varieties, all planted between 1960 and 1980. It's brambly, with distinct stoniness and a lovely herbaceous quality we find in fine Portuguese wines, something like laurel or sage. Its refreshing acidity and lightly grippy tannins make it a perfect food wine, though we've been known to enjoy a bottle all by itself.

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Luis Seabra loves, loves, loves, loves, wine. It’s a passion, bordering on obsession, but one that has turned him into Portugal’s greatest innovator and winemaker. His wines defy expectations, tasting nothing like the rich, extracted wines of his Douro neighbors, and yet clearly expressions of that place. You stop to wonder what everyone else might be doing wrong.

Maybe there’s nothing wrong with what his neighbors have been doing. But he’s doing something no one else has tried. The Douro is Europe's oldest demarcated wine region and has been world famous for their Port wines virtually that whole time. But Port wine, perfected over decades and centuries, isn’t like dry wines. For instance, unlike the other ancient and famous regions (Tokaj, Burgundy, Mosel, Piedmont, etc.) no one has ever made a single soil map of the place.

So when the market for sweet Port wines started to dry up, and the locals started to make dry wines they didn’t have the frames of reference most dry wine makers have. So they made dry versions of Port. These are wines that have a place. They can be delicious. But they are not transparent to the soil in the way that most great dry wines are.

Luis Seabra has changed that. After 10 years of working under Dirk Nierpoort, an innovator in his own right, Luis wanted to have full control over his vision. He struck out on his own, utilized his connections with small growers and got to work.

He’s identified soil types in every parcel of every vineyard he works with. Colloquially the region is dominated by schist, but in actuality it's not schist but a menagerie of different slates with granite thrown in for good measure. Any German Riesling drinker will tell you the differences in slate soils can be stark, the same is true here. Even with tens of different grape varieties often planted to a single vineyard, when farmed and vinified for quality dry wine the variations are startling.

All of his wines share a vivaciousness, they are lithe, crisp and energetic. But each cuveé is singular in its expression and offers the adventurous wine drinker an opportunity to explore a side of this region previously unknown.

Professional Reviews

Robert Parker

RP 91
"The red 2021 Xisto Ilimitado has a clean, expressive, fruit-driven nose that is quite aromatic, almost floral, attractive and elegant. Made from purchased grapes in the Pinhão zone, it was vinified with 100% full clusters in concrete and stainless steel and matured mostly in oak of different sizes for 15 months. The palate is juicy and fruit-driven, with fine and round tannins, a soft mouthfeel and a velvety texture. It has a moderate 12.5% alcohol, contained ripeness and a dry finish. There are some 70,000 bottles of this." -Luis Gutiérrez

Wine Spectator

WS 91
"Bright garnet. High toned red and blue fruit aromas, tinged with wet stone and violets. On the palate, lush, but with bright acidity to balance the red cherry and pomegranate fruit. White pepper, slate and herbal aromas overlay the core of fruit on a juicy, fresh finish."

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Other Regional Grapes , Tinta Roriz , Touriga Franca

  • Vintage

    2021

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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