2017 Luis Seabra Xisto Cru Tinto

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Luis Seabra |Douro |Red Blend
The flagship red release from renegade Douro producer, Luis Sebra. Power, density, focus - this is an exceptional wine that will cellar beautifully.

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The Xisto Cru Tinto is Seabra's most inwardly-concentrated, deftly-crafted expression of his region.

It combines multiple local varieties across two great 80+ year old vineyards that sit between 400m and 570m above sea level.

Using 100% whole bunch during ferment, Seabra gently extracts the powdery tannins and exotic flavours that combine beautifully with the overarching sense of minerality that runs through each of his cuvees.

It's a strange thing to say, but this shows something akin to Barossa Valley levels concentration but with freshness and energy that says it's decidedly its own thing. It will continue to mature wonderfully for years to come.

Bush vines age 80+ on clay loam over slate, mostly blue and some yellow at 400-570 m. Rufete, Touriga Franca, Tinta Carvalha, Alicante Bouchet, Donzelinho Tinto, Malvasia Preta and others. The two vineyards were whole-bunch fermented separately.

Vinification was done in 3,500-litre old open wooden port vats with indigenous yeast and nothing was added to the wine but sulphur dioxide. Aged in 350-litre and 228-litres used oak.

17.5 Points - "Deep cherry red with purplish rim. Lifted sweet dark and dark-red fruit like blackberry and mulberry. And lightly floral. On the palate, more spicy and savoury, with a serious grip to the tannins even if they are fine grained. Even with the dry stony texture, there's juice and fruit at the core and plenty of freshness, in fact the tannins seem to accentuate the stony freshness. Extremely elegant, mouth-watering. Needs more time. " - Julia Harding MW (Jancis Robinson)

95 Points - "Purple fruit, spicy bunch stuff, slight toastiness, floral. Blueberry, boysenberry, rich seam of tannin, still fresh with crunch to acidity, slatey feel to tannin, depth and length. Very distinctive. Very good." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

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