Pó de Poeira Douro Red

After creating seven vintages as enologist in the Real Companhia Velha, I felt the need to start an individual project where I could apply my ideas and where I could control the entire production process. Without compromises, a wine that would reflect my interpretation of the Douro.

In 2001 I bought this quinta and started the Poeira project. A little later, in 2002, I joined Quinta de La Rosa as chief enologist. With the purchase of a quinta in the upper Douro by the Bergqvist family, there emerged a new wine called Passagem, the result of a partnership with the owners.

The Sirga was also a project that began in 2004 from a belief in the vine from which it is made,but principally out of friendship with the owners.

Produced on the same slope (northerly aspect) as Poeira, it has much in common with it. However, as it is largely produced from younger vines, it has a lighter, more laid-back character.

With this Pó de Poeira, we have tried to make a wine with a unique personality, with an expressive aroma and the depth and freshness that characterise our wines. Wines that reflect the vine and the terroir, with the minimum enological intervention to enable them to better express their origin.

“It is born in the dust and wind-borne dust, in the coarseness and austerity of the Douro. It is born from the elements and the vine. It is moulded by man because we believe that a wine should not end with an exclamation mark, but always leave questions to be answered …”