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Luis Seabra Vinhos Xisto Cru Branco 2019
Douro Valley, Northern Portugal, PortugalLuis Seabra is highly respected in Portuguese winemaking, having made the wines at Niepoort for a decade before leaving to make his own name with Douro wines. From sustainably farmed Douro Superior vineyards planted from 1920-1933 on mica schists at 650-700m, this is a blend of 70% Rabigato, balanced out with Codega, Gouveio, Viosinho, and Dozelino Branco, native fermented and aged in French 229L barrels. It remained there on lees, with no bâtonnage, for one year, and then headed to stainless for a 6 month stint prior to bottling. This opens with ample lemon and pine nuts, before moving to a fuller, lightly waxen palate of kernel, quince, hay, and brown butter. This is a savoury, serious wine that ends with ample salinity and a flinty flicker.Tasted: 11 August 2021Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:| ON | $55.95 | 750ml | consignment |
| BC | $58.00 | 750ml | private wine shops |
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Blend: Rabigato - Codega - Gouveio - Viosinho Dozelino BrancoUPC: 5600790052026
