{"product_id":"luis-seabra-indie-xisto-douro-tinto-2019","title":"Luis Seabra Indie Xisto Douro Tinto 2019","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAfter a decade as winemaker at Niepoort, where he was behind some of the best-known and most highly rated wines to come out of the famed Douro and Port producer, Luís Seabra decided he no longer wanted to make wine to someone else's brief. So he started his own eponymous winery, setting about upending expectations of what Douro wine can be. He's a genuinely gifted winemaker — one who treats wine as a medium for land to speak through, rather than a vehicle for a house style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e'Indie' is a pure expression of terroir, sourced from a single, sustainably farmed vineyard in Alijó, within the Cima Corgo subregion of the Douro. Planted over 70 years ago — vines from the 1950s, in what's genuinely an unlikely site for red wine — the vineyard sits at 510–580 metres altitude, on clay loam soil dominated by blue schist. That altitude helps deliver real freshness and balance to the finished wine, and the vineyard is farmed and managed directly by Luís and his own team.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt's a field blend of native varieties — Tinta Roriz, Touriga Franca, Tinta Amarela, Rufete, Tinta Barroca and others. Fermentation runs on indigenous yeast, using 100% whole clusters, vinified in square concrete tanks with nothing added beyond a touch of sulfur. Maceration lasts 10 days, followed by 18 months' ageing split between 500L French oak barrels and 2500L Eastern European oak casks. Production is capped at 6,000 bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a wine where altitude, soil and tradition come together in genuine balance — vinified simply, so the land itself stays the defining voice in the glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRating history:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023: 96 (Tim Atkin), 93 (Wine Advocate); 2022: 93+ (Wine Advocate); 2021: 94 (Wine Advocate), 94 (James Suckling); 2020: 93 (Wine \u0026amp; Spirits), 90 (Wine Spectator); 2019: 95 (Wine Advocate); 2016: 92 (Wine Advocate); 2015: 94 (Wine Advocate); 2014: 92 (Wine Spectator)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artisan Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966805438533,"sku":"LS19IXTC6","price":82.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8644\/4357\/files\/d2a57e6e-indie_xisto_web.jpg?v=1777951263","url":"https:\/\/artisanwine.com.au\/products\/luis-seabra-indie-xisto-douro-tinto-2019","provider":"Artisan Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}