{"product_id":"luis-seabra-xisto-cru-tinto-2021","title":"Luis Seabra Xisto Cru Tinto 2021","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\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\"\u003eThe Xisto Cru Tinto is part of Seabra's most terroir-driven series of wines. \"Cru\" means \"raw\" in Portuguese, and here the transmission of terroir is unadulterated and singular — every variable removed except the land itself, worked exclusively with spontaneous fermentation, native yeasts, and large-format, tight-grained oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe 2021 is a field blend from sustainably farmed vineyards planted between 1910 and 1933, in Cima Corgo — a subregion known for some of the sharpest day-to-night temperature swings in Portugal, giving the fruit extended hang-time. The vines grow exclusively in mica schist soil, at elevations ranging from roughly 400 to 700 metres depending on the parcel. 20% Rufete, 20% Touriga Franca, 15% Malvasia Preta, 15% Donzelinho Tinto, 10% Tinta Carvalha, 10% Alicante Bouschet, 10% Tinta Roriz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe wine ferments spontaneously in used Port tonneaux, relying on indigenous yeast naturally present on the fruit, and spends 11 months on lees before ageing a further 22 months in used French oak barrels. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Artisan Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966809632837,"sku":"LS21XCT","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8644\/4357\/files\/8476b77a-xisto_cru_tinto_web.jpg?v=1777951266","url":"https:\/\/artisanwine.com.au\/products\/luis-seabra-xisto-cru-tinto-2021","provider":"Artisan Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}