PORT WINE SEASONING SPECIALISTS
Redefining Port Wine Seasoning for the Spirits Industry.
We are Port Wine specialists helping distilleries craft distinctive spirits through controlled Port cask seasoning.
We combine traditional Port expertise with a modern, controlled approach to seasoning casks for spirits.
Our mission is to unlock flavour, colour, and finishing options through the precise use of Port Wine.
Controlled Maturation
Because we control both the Port and the cask, we can guarantee a level of traceability, consistency, and quality that others simply cannot replicate.
Every cask begins its journey in our cellar, where it’s filled with our own high-quality Port Wine.
The seasoning process is always made under the direct supervision of our Cellar Master whose expertise and know-how ensures a precise and harmonious process.
When the seasoning reaches its ideal maturity, each cask is gently emptied, prepared, and readied to embark on its next journey.
Port Wine Casks from a Port Wine Perspective
Our approach is shaped by our origin as Port Wine producers. For spirit finishing, the quality of the Port Wine used in seasoning is fundamental.
Great seasoning starts with great Port.
RUBY PORT CASKS
For its extremely good quality, LATE BOTTLED VINTAGE PORT (LBV) was our option to season our casks.
For a Port wine producer LBV is the 2nd choice in quality after Vintage Port.
As the name shows Late Bottled Vintage is a vintage bottled later at least 5 years after the harvest. LBV is a port from a single year full bodied with a bright full ruby colour, on the nose shows the freshness of red fruits like raspberries and blueberries with some hints of eucalyptus.
TANWY PORT CASKS
The natural evolution of a Ruby Port ageing in a cask, is a Tawny Port with age, the colour of the wines slowly develops into beautiful darker or lighter golden colours offering a different colour pallet and bouquet.
The ageing in cask of our LBV style delivers tawny categories like Tawny Reserve , 10 years old , 20 years old and plus.
Depending on the time spent in cask, the wine slowly develops into a tawny, a medium tawny and light tawny colour, with elegant and complex aromas showing notes of dry fruits, like almonds and nuts, dried apricots and orange peels.
WHITE PORT CASKS
We are a white port lover family. Because of our passion we always kept in our cellar white Port, ageing in barrels, following the natural evolution over the years.
There are several styles of white Port depending on the time spent in wood and the sweetness. At Projecto X we decided for a Dry White Port and aged style. It’s our deep conviction that the most interesting White Ports are those that, like Tawnies, have been aged in wood.
The ageing in casks gives the white port a fullbody, a beautiful golden color with nuttiness, spiciness and crystalized orange peel aromas.
Partner with Us
Our journey in the industry has led us to serve a diverse array of clients across the globe.
FROM OUR CELLAR TO YOURS
Access our curated stock of ready-to-ship Port Wine Casks, each seasoned and matured under the supervision of our cellar master in the Douro Valley.
Ideal for distilleries looking for proven, premium casks to enhance or expand their maturation program immediately.
A LABORATORY OF EXPERIMENTATION
We see each cask as a creative tool. By experimenting different Port styles, wood types, and maturation times,
We tailor finishes that bring individuality and depth to whiskies, rums, agave spirits, and beyond.
For distilleries seeking a unique story and flavor identity, we design bespoke Port seasoning programs tailored to your spirit, brand, and maturation goals.
About Us
Antonio Valente
Cellar Master
With over 40 years of experience in the Port wine industry, António Valente founded Projecto X in 1999 after leaving the Symington Group, where he managed the group Port wine quality as cellar master.
Maria Emilia Campos
Manager
With many years of experience as co-CEO at Churchill’s Port, where she helped grow the company from its early days, M.E. later joined Projecto X.
Explore the history, and craftsmanship that defines us.
Join us in celebrating 25 years of excellence in exporting Port Wine Casks.
Let our casks be the catalyst for enhancing your spirits, no matter where in the world your distillery resides.
for more information
geral@projecto-x.pt
or
00351 913 263 025
