1994 Turley blind horizontal tasting

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Tasted Saturday, April 4, 2009 by jlgnml with 934 views

Introduction

This was a gourmet pizza night for several friends both new and old. Chris and Janet came up from Chicago, Hilton and Leslie from down the street, our best friend Beth and Chef Michael stole a couple of hours from his restaurant to join us. All in all a great night to enjoy the wines, Turley, some champagne and dessert wines.

Flight 1 - Started out with a seafood pizza (1 Note)

Flight 2 - Chopped salad with vegetables, lobster and caviar (1 Note)

Flight 3 - Gourmet pizza's. All with thin crusts and lots of different combinations (5 Notes)

This is our signature meal for friends and their children. Most recently we donated the dinner to a charity and the bid for over $5500. So this was a dry run for the event in two weeks. All in all the eveing was a great success. I served all of the Turley's blind for the group and then we ranked them A-E. The number one wine was both the Aida Petite Sryah and the Black Sears. The wines were really so close that it was hard to seperate them. These wines can last another decade!

  • 1994 Turley Zinfandel Moore "Earthquake" Vineyard 92 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    Again, great color. Great smell of an older zin. This was my 4 th best wine of the evening and was 3rd place for the group. All of these wines were still holding their own as I took all of the bottles and merged the remains into one bottle and that was 4 hours later!

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  • 1994 Turley Petite Syrah Aida Vineyard 95 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    Tied with the Black Sears for the group tasting. WOW. Just couldn't get over the color, depth of substance on the palate and how long the flavor lasted. Thankfully, I have serveral bottles. No Hurry to drink.

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  • 1994 Turley Zinfandel Black Sears Vineyard 95 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley, Howell Mountain

    One fo the best wines of the evening for most of the group. Tied for first. Blasted out of the glass with pepper. Outstanding color and depth of flavor on the palate. How long could this wine last. Probably another 5-15 years. Outstanding.

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  • 1994 Turley Zinfandel Whitney Tennessee Vineyard 92 Points

    USA, California, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley

    Great color for the age. Berry/prune smell. Good depth. Peppery, not my favorite as I ranked this 5 out of the 5 1994's that I served. Group ranking tied for last with the Hayne vineyard.

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  • 1994 Turley Zinfandel Hayne Vineyard 95 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley, St. Helena

    My favorite of the evening. I initially thought this was the Sryah but the flavor just jumped out to me and on the palated seem to last for ever. I have been holding onto these wines for a very long time and for most, these are my last bottles.

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Flight 4 - Homemade cheese cake and chocalate truffles from Michael Restaurant in Winnetka IL. (2 Notes)

Tbe evening had to come to a conclusion and a nice way to end the evening.

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