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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.9 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 22 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wynlvr on 3/26/2022 & rated 90 points: Still a treat to drink. (386 views) | | | Tasted by lepetitchateau on 6/12/2016 & rated 93 points: A 15 year old Turley red zin - ready to go! This was unctuous and super dense with magical lift and minerality. Not super complex but yet so pleasing, and unlike so many American wines, this actually complimented the food. (2043 views) | | | Tasted by Not647f on 2/17/2013: Not going to give it a score because we were drinking four different Zins and I was just making very casual notes. This has some candied fruit, a glycerol feel to it, and a nice amount of acidity. Not the fruit bomb you might expect. Liked it quite a bit, but it's not necessarily as rich or structured as some other favorite Zins. (3052 views) | | | Tasted by buckeye76 on 8/19/2009 & rated 92 points: DEEP RICH BERRY FRUIT, BLACK CHERRIES, AND CHOCOLATE IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR. LONG FINISH. (1493 views) | | | Tasted by A&C on 5/11/2008 & rated 89 points: Thanks to Grant & Ellen for bringing this treat to the Kanter's BBQ. Wonderfully in its drinkability window. Not as big or beasty as a younger zin, but nicely fruity, and cherry-like, with hints of its early size. Paired great with the Texas lip smackin BBQ. Zin & BBQ -- the perfect match. (4667 views) | | | Tasted by ocfriday on 8/20/2007 & rated 88 points: Time to drink. (4605 views) | | | Tasted by winekitchen on 12/3/2006 & rated 89 points: Quite enjoyable, but a bit hot. A good "big zin", but doesn't have the unique characteristics to make it a real stand-out. Definitely time to drink up. (3754 views) | | | Tasted by psmith on 3/4/2006 & rated 88 points: Has benefited from some time in bottle and gained a spicy profile more often found in classically-styled Zinfandel. Still quite bold, with some burnt notes and dark fruits, but nicely restrained and rounded out by a fine tannic structure. Quite good. (4047 views) | | | Tasted by markellen.foodies@gmail.com on 1/22/2006 & rated 92 points: De.canted for 1 hour. No sediment. Dense fruity and rich. Brambleberry flavors. Exceeded my expectations (3282 views) | | | Tasted by tmay on 10/27/2005 & rated 89 points: Lots of berry. A little hot. (3077 views) | | | Tasted by MarkC on 9/25/2005 & rated 90 points: Garnet/purple color. Big nose, albeit monolithic. Palate followed suit - big and somewhat monolithic with bramble-berry fruits on a solid glycerin backdrop. Maybe bits of kirsch. Much more delineated and tightly wound than a typical Turley. Alcohol showed, but wasn't hot, per se. (3177 views) | | | Tasted by shaferguy91 on 4/14/2005 & rated 89 points: Shafergirl-90 (3372 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 12/17/2004 & rated 84 points: Drinkable, but showing a lot of volatile acidity, this zin had some nice raspberry and dusty black cherry flavors, but never really integrated. The VA was offputting at first, but mellowed out somewhat. Ok with strongly flavored pizza, which counteracted the off notes, but no fun to drink on its own.
VA has been a bit of a problem with Turley wines on accasion for me & this was one of those times. (A 2002 Ueberroth consumed recently had no VA at all.) (3389 views) | | | Tasted by jonphillips on 8/30/2004 & rated 90 points: With Chris. A little monolithic and overripe. (3434 views) | | | Tasted by Jason on 5/15/2003 & rated 90 points: Soft monolithic nose. Faint for a zin. Some oak with dark, dark fruit. Bit of alcohol. Pleasing
Huge, very well balanced for a zin. A touch hot. Loads of dark fruit. Touch of oak. Terrific with smoked pork loin. (3251 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2003, IWC Issue #108
(Turley Wine Cellars Zinfandel Duarte Conta Costa County) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Turley Producer websiteZinfandel ZAP: Zinfandel Advocates & Producers | Varietal character (Appellation America) | Wikipedia-ZinfandelUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson |
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