Prats & Symington Douro Post Scriptum de Chryseia (75cl, 14.5%)

Prats & Symington Douro Post Scriptum de Chryseia is a Douro red wine blend bottled at approximately 14–14.5% ABV in a 750ml bottle. It is sourced from vineyards at Quinta de Roriz and built around Touriga Franca and Touriga Nacional, with smaller additions of Tinta Roriz and Tinta Barroca. The grapes are hand-sorted, destemmed and berry-selected before gentle crushing and fermentation at 25°C. The wine ages for 12 months in used French oak barrels. The nose opens with dark plum, black cherry and graphite, then violet and potpourri, with possible cocoa powder, Earl Grey tea and dried sage. The palate is ripe and fruit-driven, with mulberry, plum sauce and black currant, fine-grained tannins, black olive, grilled pepper spice and a mineral undercurrent. The finish is medium-to-long, with dusty tannins, anise, tobacco, crushed herbs and graphite.