IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS

he 2017 Guru is a field blend from old vines, mostly Viosinho, Rabigato, Códega do Larinho and Gouveio, aged for seven months in 90% used French oak. It comes in at 12.5% alcohol. Bottled just about ten days before tasting, this does have a touch of the wood and flint that is sometimes too obvious when this is young, but it also has the gorgeous structure that this bottling has consistently showed of late, far more than in the old days.

Tight, focused, concentrated and capable of being much better next year, I'm still giving this a range for a score because it is so recently in bottle and a little disjointed.