Winemaker's Notes
The 2023 Post Scriptum comes from Quinta de Roriz and Quinta da Perdiz in the Cima Corgo section of Portugal's Douro. Created as Chryseia's partner wine, it emphasizes expressive, fresh fruit, measured concentration and an elegant balance, reflecting an even growing season and favorable conditions during the September harvest.
Touriga Nacional leads a blend with Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and additional local varieties. The cellar team hand sorts and selects the berries, ferments them with gentle maceration, and gives the finished wine 12 months in previously used French oak barrels for a polished, earlier-drinking style.
Critic Ratings
James Suckling Review - Rated 93:
A fragrant, captivating nose of lavender, rosemary and blueberries. The palate is medium- to full-bodied with supple, polished tannins and very delicate, elegant fruit throughout. This cuvee only sees used oak. Drink now.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate Review - Rated 93:
The 2023 Post Scriptum de Chryseia was born as the second wine of Chryseia in a Bordeaux sense and was produced with grapes from the same vineyards that produce Chryseia. It is 50% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca, 5% Tinta Roriz, 5% Tinta Barroca and 15% other varieties. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured in second- and third-year 400-liter French oak barrels for 12 months. It was a good year for Touriga Nacional, which ripened to perfection and achieved very good balance. The early-picked Touriga Franca was also very good—the grapes picked after the rain suffered a little more. The wine is very nicely crafted, a signature they have developed with Bruno Prats. It comes in at 14% alcohol with a pH of 3.7. This is now the style everybody is after—elegance with Douro character—but they started this style before most. 148,932 bottles produced. It was bottled in 2024.
Wine Spectator Review - Rated 91:
A stylish red, fresh and harmonious, with light, supple tannins and bright acidity creating a well-defined frame for flavors of ripe black plum and currant, mineral, herbed black olive, and minerally iron and stone. Lightly floral and lingering on the finish. Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz and Tinta Barroca. Drink now through 2036. 12,000 cases made, 1,300 cases imported.
