2017 Chryseia, Prats & Symington, Quinta de Roriz, Douro, Portugal

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Touriga Nacional
Ready - at best (Drink 2019 - 2033)
Sarah Ahmed
95/100
Mark Squires
95/100
Product: 20178116936

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2017 Chryseia, Prats & Symington, Quinta de Roriz, Douro, Portugal

Description

The top wine of the estate has a deep colour with an opaque core anticipating a great deal of concentration. A blend of 75% Touriga Nacional and 25% Touriga Franca, the nose is very deep and intense, slightly more restrained than its younger brother at this stage but it will go a long way, there is concentration and complexity already. Dark berry fruits and floral notes initially with aromas of dark chocolate, mocha, roast coffee bean and spicy hints of pepper and clove. The palate is full, multi-layered, supple, round and seductive with an excellent level of concentration and ripe tannins providing a considerable structure to the wine. There is bright fruit with dark notes, cherries, plums, blueberries, accompanied by dry spice, hazelnuts and espresso coffee. Precise and long but slightly tight at the moment, this wine will benefit immensely from a few years in the cellar. Drink 2023 – 2043.
Javier Perurena, Private Account Manager
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2017
Maturity Ready - at best (2019 - 2033)
Grape List Touriga Nacional
Body Full Bodied
Producer Chryseia

Critics reviews

Sarah Ahmed 95/100
Perfumed kid glove and vanillin oak, with dried mint to the nose and attack suggesting an effusive palate; but the palate is emphatically structural. Aged in 400-litre oak barrels 80-90% new), tight-knit, textural tannins contain the brooding spicy blackcurrant and ripe, juicy cherry and berry core. Chiselled, with a sense of mineral, dry extract and firm under-pinning, this well-focused keeper may warrant a higher score in time, once the tannins integrate. Drinking Window 2022 - 2034.
Sarah Ahmed, Decanter.com (May 2020)
Mark Squires 95/100
The 2017 Chryseia is a 75/25 blend of Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca aged for 16 months in mostly 80%) new French oak. It comes in at 14.1% alcohol. From a big vintage, this shows intense fruit, but the calling card here will be its finesse and focus. It is a beautifully crafted wine. Very precise, this has a long and tight finish. The aromatic fruit is in need of some development, and this really needs cellaring for a couple of years. With aeration, it does become more expressive, but this is not ready, even though the tannins are not really hard. The fruit needs to develop more than the tannins need to moderate. This looks like a potentially great Chryseia, but it is not showing all it has today. It is certainly the most refined of the Symington/P&S wines this issue, with a very Old World feel to it, if you'll pardon the stereotype. It showed beautifully the next day as well. At that point, the fruit demonstrated how concentrated it really is. The only remaining question is how well it does in the cellar. I'm betting that it does well. Drinking 2022 – 2045.
95/100
Mark Squires, Wine Advocate (Dec 2019)

About this wine

Touriga Nacional

Touriga Nacional is a highly regarded grape variety indigenous to Portugal, often considered the country's flagship red grape. Known for its intense aromas and flavours, the wines typically feature dark fruits such as blackberries, blueberries, and plums, along with distinctive floral notes like violets and hints of spices, herbs, and chocolate. These generally have high tannin levels, good acidity, and deep, dark colour, contributing to their structure and ageing potential.
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