Wine & Soul Guru

Wine Description

Guru is produced from a 50-year-old field blend of the indigenous white varieties Vosinho, Rabigato, Codega do Larinho, and Gouveio. Fermented and aged in new French oak for seven months, this wine features great complexity, minerality, and freshness.

Wine and Soul Jorge and Sandra Tavares
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Acclaim
“A blend of four varieties from 60-year-old vines, this juicy wine is crisp with white fruits and lime acidity. It is fruity, spicy and ready to drink.”
— Wine Enthusiast, Dec 2022
“A finely knit white that's both sleek and sculpted while showing a subtle, plump juiciness to flavors of ripe melon and white pear, licorice, Marcona almond and white blossoms. Long and mouthwatering on the graphite- and saline-laced finish. Rabigato, Viosinho, Gouveio and Côdega do Larinho. 
— Wine Spectator, Nov 2022
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Vineyard & Production Info
Production area/appellation:
Douro DOC
Vineyard name
The Murça vineyard
Vineyard size
7.5 acres
Soil composition
Schist
Training method
Bush
Elevation:
1,650 feet
Vines/acre:
2,000
Yield/acre:
1.6 tons
Exposure:
Northern
Year vineyard planted:
1960
Harvest time:
August
First vintage of this wine:
2004
Bottles produced of this wine:
4,500
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Winemaking & Aging
Varietal composition:
25% Viosinho, 25% Rabigato, 25% Codega do Larinho and 25% Gouveio
Fermentation container:
Barriques
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
15 days
Fermentation temperature:
59 °F
Type of aging container:
Barriques
Size of aging container:
225 L
Type of oak:
French oak
Length of aging before bottling:
7 months
Age of Aging Container:
New
Total SO2
71
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.34
Acidity:
5 g/L
Alcohol:
12.5 %
Dry extract:
18.5 g/L
Total SO2
71
Residual sugar:
0.6 g/L