Delivery Icon FREE Delivery on Orders Over £120
48 Hour Delivery Icon Order by 12pm for 48 Hour Delivery
Country: Portugal
Region: Douro
Code: POCA430
A limited edition that combines the spirit of innovation of the “Fora da Série” with the history and art of the making of a Port Wine blend.

Specification

Producer

Poças

In 1918, a few months before the Armistice, Manoel Domingues Poças Júnior, who had been born in the heart of the Port Wine hustle and bustle, decided to establish his own company. Manoel Poças was 30 years old and he had some experience in this business. With his uncle, he created a company to sell grape spirits to large Port Wine shippers. Soon afterwards he opened a head office in Vila Nova de Gaia, where they remain to this day. Today, with three quintas in the best winemaking areas of the Douro Demarcated Region, Poças ensures its total control over the quality of its wines and the family is more involved than ever before.

Tasting Notes

Dark amber colour, aromas of dried fruit, cocoa with subtle and complex spicy notes. On tasting, the aromas develop and evolve - with notable balance and freshness. Long lasting and persistent finish.

Food Matches

Drink with Crème brûlée or Apple Strudel

Vinification

Produced from vine's aged 40 - 60 years. The soil composition is predominantly schist. Schist is resistant to weathering, retains heat well and has good drainage. In search of water, the vines roots descend into schist’s rocky layers, allowing the vine roots to penetrate the cracks down as far as seven or eight meters deep. On the way, the roots absorb lots of minerals, which is known to give low yields of small grapes with thick skins and a high concentration of flavour, colour, acidity and tannins. Grapes are harvested by hand before temperature controlled fermentation halted by the addition of grape brandy.

Press Comments

Henry Jeffreys, Port special 2025: "Special wood-aged port used to add depth and complexity to the 20 year old tawny. Only one barrel has been bottled. Orange peel, very fine, precise and intense, laser-like focus in flavour and massive intensity. Almonds on the finish. Really superb."

You May Also Like