Poças Vintage port 2016
€ 65.40
Poças has been producing vintage port since 1960, and only in exceptional years. 2016 is one such year, and many major houses have declared it a classic vintage year.
Dense and impenetrable ruby. Very fresh and springy nose, with elegant notes of blackberry, black plum, chocolate, coffee steam, tobacco leaf and spices. The mouth is silky, enveloping, tasty, with round but firm tannins, in an elegant profile, in which stands out the strength of the fruit and the spicy notes. A Vintage in a contemporary style, tamed and ready to drink, but which will continue to grow in the bottle over the coming decades.
Poças Junior was founded in 1918 by Manoel D. Poças Júnior. It is still in the hands of the Poças family, and the fourth generation is now working in the company. The grapes come from three of their own quintas in the Douro,
- Quinta das Quartas (since 1923)
- Quinta de Santa Bárbara (since 1980)
- Quinta do Vale de Cavalos (since 1998)
Food pairing
Ideal as a dessert or convivial wine, it pairs with very good quality cheeses, desserts and chocolates. Serve at room temperature (18ºC) after carefully decanted. It can be consumed straight away, or await a positive evolution in the bottle.
Grapes: Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca & Tinto Cão
Aged for 2 years, in French oak wood hulls before being transferred to the bottle
Alcoholcontent
20,03%
Store & Serve
Serve at 18 °C and decanting. Can now be drunk but can rip for many years on the bottle.
Once opened, it should be drunk within 2 days.
Critics & Awards
96/100 - Wine Enthusiast Dec 2018
18/20 - Revista de Vinhos Tasted Sept-2018
93/100 - Wine Spectator Tasted: Dec 2018
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