Prats and Symington Post Scriptum de Chryseia, Douro

Description

Prats and Symington Post Scriptum de Chryseia is a prestigious, deeply expressive Portuguese red wine produced in the heart of the Douro Valley. Crafted by Prats & Symington, a landmark partnership between Bordeaux royalty Bruno Prats and the legendary Symington family, this classic Douro blend combines Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, and Tinta Roriz.

Offering the structure, elegance, and balance of its famous flagship counterpart (Chryseia), Post Scriptum is styled for earlier drinking, providing extraordinary quality and value and is available to buy now at Fareham Wine Cellar.

Post Scriptum Red Wine Vinification

• After harvest, the grapes undergo a manual triage at sorting tables.
• The grapes are de-stemmed and gently crushed.
• The grapes are relayed to fermentation vats via a gravity flow process.
• In the vats, the grapes are inoculated with a specially selected cultured yeast and fermented at 25°C.
• Maceration is very gentle, aimed at producing a wine intended for early drinking.
• The wine is aged for 12 months in 400L second- and third-fill French oak barrels from coopers including Taransaud, François Frères, TSO, and Boutes.
• Bottling takes place at Vila Nova de Gaia in a modern bottling centre owned by the Symington family.
• Winemakers are Bruno Prats, Charles Symington, Pedro Correia, and Miguel Bessa.

Post Scriptum 2023 is a blend of Touriga Nacional 50%, Touriga Franca 25%, Tinta Roriz 5%, Tinta Barroca 5% and other varieties 15%.

Prats and Symington Post Scriptum

Prats and Symington Post Scriptum is the little brother to Prats and Symington Chryseia. Chryseia was first launched with the 2000 vintage and was joined two years later, in 2002, by Post Scriptum. It is made from lots of grapes that don’t make the final selection for Chryseia. The grapes are sourced from the Prats and Symington-owned Quinta da Perdiz and Quinta de Roriz estates in Cima Corgo. Both Quintas lie in the parish of São João de Pesqueira, near the village of Ervedosa.

Quinta de Roriz & Quinta da Perdiz

Quinta de Roriz sits in a natural amphitheatre on the banks of the Douro, and Quinta da Perdiz lies on a steep gradient on the other side of the same mountain in the Rio Torto Valley, which runs North-West into the main Douro Valley near Pinhão. The different microclimates of the two valleys produce very different results, as do the varying soils. Some grapes are also sourced from Symington’s Vila Velha. The dedicated Prats and Symington winery is located at Quinta de Roriz. There is a younger wine produced called Prazo de Roriz and well as Quinta de Roriz Vintage Port in exceptional vintages.

Bruno Prats & Symington Family Joint Venture

Post Scriptum is the result of a partnership forged in 1999 between the Symington Family (owners of world-famous Port houses Dow, Graham, Warre et al.) and Bruno Prats, previously winemaker at Cos D’Estournel, who has vast wine-making experience working with top-growth Bordeaux wines. Prats and Symington is a stand-alone company specialising in dry red wines, which has been at the forefront of the DOC Douro quality revolution and instrumental in driving forward the high-quality image of the region.