Luis Seabra Xisto Ilimitado Tinto 2020

2020 Xisto Ilimitado Tinto (red)Luis Seabra VinhosDouro Valley, PortugalIn 2020 The Mono C and the Xisto Cru reds will not be made this year, so that juice went into this wine! Typically, this is a field blend of 7 varieties planted across the 3 subzones in the Douro, thus the name Illimitado.This wine is more akin to a Northern Rhone in personality, akin to a wine from those steep terraced vineyards except this is schiste hard rock, not granite! 100% whole cluster fermented in in steel vat (25 days maceration) Racked to neutral barrel for 1 year followed by 5 months in tank. Sustainably farmed vineyards planted from 1960 to 1980 in schist soil at 400-600 m (1,232-1,968 ft) elevation. Grapes: 30% Touriga Franca, 20% Tinta Amarela, 20% Tinta Roriz, 10% Rufete, 10% Tinta Barroca, 5% Malvasia Preta, 5% Donzelinho Tinto. PLUS Castelao and some Alicante Bouschet in 2020 12.5% abv. The 2020 Xisto Ilimitado is a blend of 30% Touriga Franca, 20% Tinta Amarela and 20% Tinta Roriz, with Rufet