PRATS & SYMINGTON is now the owner of two prime Douro estates, QUINTA DE RORIZ and QUINTA DA PERDIZ. Unusually for the Douro (at least until relatively recent times), PRATS & SYMINGTON selects most of its top quality fruit for Douro DOC production, with the authorised Port production of its vineyards being filled in with riper grapes and from those varietals deemed less suitable for top table wines. A small quantity of Vintage Port will be bottled from the Roriz estate only in exceptional years and when conditions allow.The Prazo de Roriz is characterized particularly by red fruit flavors — raspberries and cherries and the Quinta de Roriz terroir provides a distinctive minerality and appealing peppery spice. Producer Information Prats & Symington of the Douro Valley is a partnership-producer of the Symington family and Bruno Prats (former owner of Bordeaux's Chateau Cos d'Estournel). It formed in 1999 with the inaugural vintage released the following year to high-acclaim. The Chryseia, meaning "golden" in ancient Greek is the flagship wine of the Prats & Symington portfolio, a Touriga Nacional-dominant blend with Touriga Franca. The exact portions of which depend on the vintage. It spends up to, but usually a bit less than 15 months barrel-aging on 100-percent French oak. The wine is often recognised as a major contributor to the resurgence of non-fortified Douro DOC wines. Post Scriptum was launched in 2002 as a partner wine to Chryseia. Other notable wines include the Quinta de Roriz Reserva and the Quinta de Roriz Vintage Port which are sourced from the major Quinta de Roriz estate. The 42 hectare (103 acres) estate has cultivated vines since 1565. Additional estate include the Quinta da Vila Velha of which lies directly alongside Roriz as well as Quinta de Perdiz in Rio Torta Valley.
