Red

Prats & Symington LDA Chryseia Red (Douro)

Prats & Symington LDA

Portugal

Ficha técnica

Tipo
Red
Uva
Portuguese Red
País
Portugal
Denominação
Douro
Corpo
full
Acidez
medium
Tanino
high
Doçura
dry

Harmonização

carnes vermelhas · cordeiro · queijos curados · ensopados

Safras avaliadas

  • 201493 pts

    This wine is rich, full and densely concentrated. With wood aging not far away, it is still toasty, offering weighty ripe fruit that shows great potential. This impressive wine is produced by the joint venture between the Symington Family and Bordeaux consultant Bruno Prats. Dri…

  • 201295 pts

    This marks the 17th vintage of this wine, a joint venture between the Douro-based Symington family and Bordeaux consultant Bruno Prats. Based entirely on fruit from Quintas de Roriz and Perdiz, this smooth, structured wine has many of the characteristics of Bordeaux with its new…

  • 201194 pts

    A powerful, concentrated wine, it has great density and structure. It shows the quality of the vintage, rich and fruity while preserving the elegance and poise that is typical of Chryseia. The result of a partnership between the Symington family and Bruno Prats from Bordeaux, it…

  • 200994 pts

    Still an icon of Douro reds, this is marked by elegance. The fruit blends effortlessly with the acid-laced, firm tannins. It has fine potential for aging over at least five years.

  • 200893 pts

    Now well-established as a Douro classic, this latest vintage of Chryseia shows the same concentration and dense tannins while bringing an extra element of elegance and balance. This gives the wine obvious aging potential, over at least 6–7 years.

  • 200794 pts

    Chryseia is a benchmark wine in modern Douro table wine making. With its layered tannins, black currant fruit, minerality and stylish yet powerful structure, this is a wine of great stature, needing aging for 2–3 years.

  • 200191 pts

    Boasts a huge nose of blackberries and vanilla, with hints of blueberries and tobacco. The flavors capture the essence of Port in their untamed, effusive berry flavors, but in a balanced, dry wine. Firm tannins suggest cellaring 3–5 years.