Descripción

Indie Xisto es un tinto de parcela única procedente de una viña de aproximadamente 70 años situada en Alijó, en la región del Douro. El viñedo, plantado sobre suelos de pizarra azul, está compuesto por un coupage tradicional donde predomina la Tinta roriz, junto con otras variedades autóctonas. La añada 2021 se elaboró con racimos enteros y fermentación en depósitos de hormigón, seguida de una crianza en fudres y barricas de roble de 500 litros. El resultado es un vino de perfil austero y preciso, con taninos finos y un carácter mineral marcado. De producción muy limitada, es un vino pensado para evolucionar favorablemente en botella.

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Luis Seabra Vinhos
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2021
Grado
12.5% vol.
Variedad
Rufete, Tinta amarela, Tinta barroca, Tinta roriz, Touriga franca
Origen
Douro

Cata

Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 16 ºC.

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate:

The single-vineyard 2021 Indie Xisto was produced with grapes from a 70-year-old plot on blue slate in the zone of Alijo in Douro planted with a field blend that has a lot of Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), but many other varieties too. In 2021, he changed the vinification, which was previously in lagar. This fermented in concrete with full clusters and matured in oak foudres and some 500-liter oak barrels. This is always quite closed, and for Seabra, the blue slate gives very closed and austere wines, while yellow slate gives more open and rounder wines. The palate is also very austere and tannic, but the tannins are fine and the wine is clean and balanced. It takes time in the glass to open up to floral and elegant notes and becomes a lot more nuanced in the direction of a red from the Northern Rhône. It's going to need time in bottle. In 2021, most of the reds were around 12.5% alcohol. 4,300 bottles produced.

James Suckling:

This is really floral, with cherries, slate, dried herbs and a balsamic note. The palate is medium- to full-bodied with powdery tannins, plenty of crunchy fruit and a long and persistent finish. Better from 2026.