2009 Poças Porto Vintage
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Saturday, March 16, 2024 - An idle weekend and decided to open one of my bottles of Poças 2009 to see how it has progressed. I vaguely remember that Roy Hersh was very approving about the cask samples.
Poças is one of the few Portuguese-founded port houses, and is well-known for its table wines as well as port wine. The 2009 has a deep, opaque crimson appearance and still looks very youthful. There's a slightly spirituous nose, which quickly gives way to concentrated blackcurrant, mace and pudding spice, with rosewater and a fresh, green note like ferns or grass-cuttings.
15-year-old vintage port can often be at an awkward stage of development. This bottle is still quite closed and restrained on the palate after a couple of hours in the decanter; plenty of tannin, but softening, with camphor or mint wafting through the luxurious red fruit. Poças's wines are made in a slightly drier style than wines from many British-founded port houses, which gives it a very welcome freshness. Medium finish, with spice and coffee.
I like this wine, and when I look at the original price it represents jaw-droppingly good value for money. I'm looking forward to trying it again in a couple of years' time, and it'll be interesting to see how it opens up. I think it's going to improve significantly.
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