2020 Prats & Symington Chryseia

Produced by the partnership between Bordelais Bruno Prats and the Douro's Symington family, the wine is a stylish projection of rich black fruits and still youthful tannins. It has great potential. Drink from 2026.

Red composed of 70% Touriga Nacional and 30% Touriga Franca grapes, coming from Quinta de Roriz and Quinta da Perdiz, both owned by Prats & Symington, in addition, as in all previous editions of Chryseia, there is a contribution from Quinta da Vila Velha, exclusively from Rupert Symington. The wine ages for 15 months in new 400-liter French oak barrels before being bottled. Even for a year with more extreme temperatures like 2020 in the Douro, it presents red and black fruits, ripe at the right point (without traces of overripeness), accompanied by floral notes, herbs and sweet spices, which are confirmed in the mouth. Powerful and structured, but also precise, defined and refined, it has refreshing acidity, tense, fine-grained tannins and a full, fluid and persistent finish, with touches of blackberries, cassis, violets and licorice. Living proof that concentration and finesse can go hand in hand. Designed to beat time, it's great now, but it has everything to get even better in the coming decades.