Prats & Symington Post Scriptum de Chryseia 2023

The 2023 Post Scriptum de Chryseia was born as the second wine of Chryseia in a Bordeaux sense and was produced with grapes from the same vineyards that produce Chryseia. It is 50% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca, 5% Tinta Roriz, 5% Tinta Barroca and 15% other varieties. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in second- and third-year 400-liter French oak barrels for 12 months. It was a good year for Touriga Nacional, which ripened to perfection and achieved very good balance. The early-picked Touriga Franca was also very good – the grapes picked after the rain suffered a little more. The wine is very nicely crafted, a signature they have developed with Bruno Prats. It comes in at 14% alcohol with a pH of 3.7. This is now the style everybody is after – elegance with Douro character – but they started this style before most. It was bottled in 2024. Drink date: 2026-2034. (Luis Gutiérrez,robertparker.com,April 16, 2026)