Winery Luis SeabraXisto Ilimitado Branco
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, lean fish or shellfish.
Taste structure of the Xisto Ilimitado Branco from the Winery Luis Seabra
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Xisto Ilimitado Branco of Winery Luis Seabra in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Xisto Ilimitado Branco of Winery Luis Seabra in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of smoke, apples or butter.
Food and wine pairings with Xisto Ilimitado Branco
Pairings that work perfectly with Xisto Ilimitado Branco
Original food and wine pairings with Xisto Ilimitado Branco
The Xisto Ilimitado Branco of Winery Luis Seabra matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of pasta with mussels, green tomatoes in vinegar or hake with small shrimps for cookeo.
Details and technical informations about Winery Luis Seabra's Xisto Ilimitado Branco.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin
Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Xisto Ilimitado Branco from Winery Luis Seabra are 2019, 2017, 2018, 2016
Informations about the Winery Luis Seabra
The Winery Luis Seabra is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Douro
The wine region of Douro is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 1110 estates and châteaux in the of Douro, producing 4307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Douro go well with generally quite well with dishes .
The wine region of Duriense
Duriense is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region. In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower Vinho Regional (VR) level, which corresponds to table wines with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations, similar to a French vin de pays region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label. Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were Part of the former Transmontano/tras-os-montes">Trás-os-Montes VR, which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards.
The word of the wine: Tense
Said of a lively and nervous wine.
