Carefully selected small parcels of Alvarinho are matured in two large oak vats (one Slovenian, the other Hungarian) giving this wine a creamy, nutty, layered and complex character. The ripe stone fruits and citrus are balanced with plenty of clean acidity, though unlike many other Alvarinhos this has a rich and rounded mouthfeel. Don't chill to much!!!

'The 2021 Granito Cru Alvarinho comes from the 3.5 hectares of Alvarinho he has in Melgaço (he's going to plant another half hectare there). It has a golden color and a very expressive, perfumed and different nose, with something savory, reminiscent of a Savagnin. It fermented in foudres of different sizes where it matured and then was fine-tuned in stainless steel. It was produced in an oxidative way, and then the stainless steel and bottle make it more reductive. It has an austere palate, with chalkiness and the granularity and sapid twist of the granite soils. It's medium-bodied, with moderate ripeness and 12% alcohol. Like all of the whites, it goes through full malolactic and spends two winters in the winery before it's bottled. 11,280 bottles and 160 magnums. It was bottled in March 2023. I tasted a bottle from the first vintage, 2013, and it's still going strong.

Luis Seabra produces wines in Douro, Dão and Vinho Verde in Portugal and has a small collaboration with Saiñas in Ribeira Sacra where he works as a consultant. He also consults with a number of properties in Portugal, Muxagat, Textura and Quinta de Costa de Pinhão, plus a new project in Douro. He now produces 180,000 bottles under his own name. The profile is elegant, clean and modern, with moderate ripeness and integrated oak, subtle wines in need of time in a decanter, the glass or in bottle.' Luis Seabra

93/100 Wine Advocate

Luis works organically