2017 Turley Zinfandel Pesenti Vineyard

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Mark1npt Likes this wine:

92 Points

Wednesday, August 18, 2021 - Not that great at the pnp, 88?.....thin, red fruited, lacks a certain purpose. However, 2-3 hours in and it's a beauty. The wine deepens vertically, the fruit darkens and deepens, the barrel spice becomes more evident. While I'm not a fan of '17 Cali wines in general, some are quite good if given airtime. The bracing acidity of the Pesenti vineyard gives life to this wine, but a minimum of 2 hours air is needed to improve the entire package. One other thing to note.....each successive bottle is scoring lower which to me is expected and a sign of the heat damaged '17 Cali vintage. I don't see any point in aging this vintage any further. Drink them, but give them air to shine.

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Comment posted by VlgJeff:

8/18/2021 2:57:00 PM - Hi Mark -- Thanks for your insights into the 2017 vintage re: Turley Zin. Usually these wine age well, and are brought to life with an appropriate amount of air up front, but we will take note that the '17s may be an exception.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

8/18/2021 4:41:00 PM - Jeff.....I try to consume all my Turleys by the 5 year mark, regardless of vintage. I like my Turlys with some heft to them....they lose too much when they age out for my palate. '17 was just a tad off as a vintage due to the record breaking heat all summer long. This wine is def needing some air now to play nice......
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:

8/22/2021 7:30:00 AM - I am loving the ‘19 of this. Just bought another one on my trip!
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

8/22/2021 8:34:00 AM - So I turned you into a Sojourn and Turley junkie? Lol......
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:

8/24/2021 4:04:00 AM - Sojourn for sure. With Turley so far only buying the presenti’19. I have 3 shipping in Oct, but then I saw one at K&L when I was in LA so it ended up in my suitcase….Trying to avoid trying the other Turleys in case I might like them ;-)
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

8/24/2021 5:45:00 AM - They make something like 27 different zins and to their credit they pull it off every year. Even though they use what feels like the exact same barrel treatment on every one, (much like Sojourn does with their 9 pinots) the different vineyards manage to shine through. There are about 5 of the 27 that I buy every year and Pesenti is always one of them.
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:

8/25/2021 3:12:00 AM - The only other one I have had is just the basic old vines (I don’t think it had a svd) and it was also so good. As I said, avoiding the others for now because I know I will like them!! Now need to figure out what to do about the Sojourn offer—probably can’t resist the 3 R’s
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

8/25/2021 5:57:00 AM - Yes, I just caved for 2 each of the 3 R's......my stash of Sojourn is getting low (16 bottles total) and I def won't be buying 20's next year.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

8/25/2021 6:00:00 AM - Jen, in case you're interested....the other classically great Turley zins are, Ueberroth, Hayne, Heminway......usually only obtained by member allocation, not carried retail. Let me know if you want to try. I can bring one to the October Jennapalooza.
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:

8/26/2021 3:04:00 AM - I also did 2 x ea of the 3 R’s. Great minds think alike….
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:

8/26/2021 3:05:00 AM - Ok, how about bring a Turley that you think tops the pesenti and maybe you can add another PE success to the list!!!
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

9/1/2021 4:43:00 PM - I will do that......just got my Turley allocation and picked up a bottle for you.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

9/1/2021 4:44:00 PM - All 3 of those R's are sooooo good!