Winery Prats & Symington (P+S) - Chryseia Douro

Winery Prats & Symington (P+S)Chryseia Douro

4.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The Chryseia Douro of Winery Prats & Symington (P+S) is a red wine from the region of Douro of Duriense.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Touriga Nacional.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
The Chryseia Douro of the Winery Prats & Symington (P+S) is in the top 60 of wines of Portugal and in the top 20 of wines of Douro.

Taste structure of the Chryseia Douro from the Winery Prats & Symington (P+S)

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Chryseia Douro of Winery Prats & Symington (P+S) in the region of Duriense is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, vanilla

Wine with earth taste

leather, smoke

Wine with spices taste

licorice, pepper

Wine with microbio taste

cream, cheese

Wine with floral taste

violet, lavender

Wine with vegetal taste

asparagus, hay

On the nose the Chryseia Douro of Winery Prats & Symington (P+S) in the region of Duriense often reveals types of flavors of cream, boysenberries or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of microbio, earth or non oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Prats & Symington (P+S)'s Chryseia Douro.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

Last vintages of this wine

Chryseia Douro - 2017
In the top 20 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.711110.5
Chryseia Douro - 2016
In the top 20 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Chryseia Douro - 2015
In the top 20 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Chryseia Douro - 2014
In the top 20 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Chryseia Douro - 2013
In the top 20 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Chryseia Douro - 2012
In the top 20 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Chryseia Douro - 2011
In the top 20 of of Douro wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5

The best vintages of Chryseia Douro from Winery Prats & Symington (P+S) are 2017, 2003, 2011, 2001 and 2016.

Informations about the Winery Prats & Symington (P+S)

The winery offers 5 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
This winery is part of the Symington Family Estates.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Douro in the region of Duriense

The Winery Prats & Symington (P+S) is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Douro to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Duriense
In the top 65 of of Portugal wines
In the top 30 of of Douro wines
In the top 1000 of red wines
In the top 1500 wines of the world

The wine region of Douro

The wine region of Douro is located in the region of Duriense of Portugal. We currently count 1110 estates and châteaux in the of Douro, producing 4307 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Douro go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Duriense

Duriense is a Portuguese wine region covering the same area as the Douro DOC and the Port wine region. In difference from Douro DOC, Duriense VR is a designation at the lower Vinho Regional (VR) level, which corresponds to table wines with a geographical indication under European Union wine regulations, similar to a French vin de pays region. Thus, it is the simpler or less typical wines of the Douro region that are sold using a Duriense VR label. Before the creation of a separate Duriense VR, the Douro vineyards were Part of the former Transmontano/tras-os-montes">Trás-os-Montes VR, which is now called Transmontano VR and no longer includes the Douro vineyards.

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