2021 Luís Seabra Vinhos Douro Xisto Ilimitado Branco

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  4/23/2024 - sample user Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Salty apple, nice body, lovely with cauliflower

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  4/5/2024 - larms Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Well this is a fun one!
  
  As swhighlander noted, this has a nod to a younger chablis or white burg. Tons of bracing minerality, a steely structure, and white flower with some green fruit and an abundance of very bright lemon. This sings [loudly] - it is tight and bright from start to finish. Funny enough, there is some weight to it so it isn't like a quick hit on the palate.
  
  There is some underlying salinity and between that and the acidity you are just so enticed to come back for a little more. A recommended bottle on a whim and I would confidently rebuy and definitely would look to pair with a baked Mediterranean white fish dish or a light and fresh salad. Great value out of Portugal here.

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  1/27/2024 - cdeco001 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  really nice wine, good drinking now

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  1/24/2024 - Nojomoschwa Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Similar to previous notes. This bottle seemed more tropical and floral in nature than the first.

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  11/24/2023 - SWHighlander Likes this wine: 92 Points

  The vintner, Luis Seabra says this is the Portuguese analogue to the idea of a “village” level Burgundy. A field blend of 4 varieties planted across 3 subzone. 60% Rabigado, 15% Gouveio, 15% Códega, 10% Viosinho. 30-45 year old vines, planted to mica schist at 500-600 m (1,640 -1,968 ft) elevation. Aged in neutral oak, 1 year on lees, no battonage.
  
  When first opened coming out of a refrigerator, there was almost nothing on the nose. After warming to a more reasonable 65-68 degrees F, it opened up to still subtle aromas similar to a Chablis or white Burgundy -- white flowers, steel and flint and a bit of white pepper -- more than fruit: lemon and green apple, pair. On the palate, medium to almost medium + acid reminding me of a less aromatic German riesling. No appreciable wood. Overall very well done but a lot of subtlety maybe most like a northern Rhone with more acid or an Alsatian pinot blanc. This was my first Seabra white and wasn't sure what category to put it in or how to think of it. Too much acid and too subtle to pair with poultry, but probably would go well with white fish.

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