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Jorge Roquette, owner of Quinta do Crasto and Jean-Michel Cazes, owner of Château Lynch-Bages, were already great friends; now they are associates making "Xisto" a great Portuguese wine produced on the Douro valley. Xisto (Pronounced "Shistoo") means schist in Portuguese. |
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| Features | |||
| Grape variety/varieties | 60% Touriga Nacional - 15% Touriga Franca - 25% Tinta Roriz | ||
| Average age of vines | 25 years | ||
| Soil | Schist | ||
| Region | Douro Valley (north of Potugal) | ||
| Vinification techniques | |||
| Fermentation is performed in thermo-regulated stainless steel vats with a taper shape. We combine the potential of the Douro grape varieties to Bordeaux region techniques, keeping in mind the specific balances of grape maturity in order to produce fruity, fat, and harmonious wines with long finish and ageing potential. Fermentations are based on the following points: - Higher (29 to 31°C) than the portuguese average fermentation temperatures. - Implementation of a different pumping-over process with more intense rythms during the first 3 days of fermentation, accompanied by delestage process performed differently according to the grape varieties. - Longer maceration. |
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| Vintage | |||
 2003 2004 2005 |
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