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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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3/26/2022 - wynlvr wrote: 90 Points
Still a treat to drink.
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6/12/2016 - lepetitchateau wrote: 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.
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2/17/2013 - Not647f wrote:
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.
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8/19/2009 - buckeye76 wrote: 92 Points
DEEP RICH BERRY FRUIT, BLACK CHERRIES, AND CHOCOLATE IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR. LONG FINISH.
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5/11/2008 - A&C wrote: 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.
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8/20/2007 - ocfriday wrote: 88 Points
Time to drink.
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12/3/2006 - winekitchen wrote: 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.
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3/4/2006 - psmith wrote: 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.
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1/22/2006 - markellen.foodies@gmail.com wrote: 92 Points
De.canted for 1 hour. No sediment. Dense fruity and rich. Brambleberry flavors. Exceeded my expectations
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10/27/2005 - tmay wrote: 89 Points
Lots of berry. A little hot.
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9/25/2005 - MarkC wrote: 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.
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4/14/2005 - shaferguy91 wrote: 89 Points
Shafergirl-90
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12/17/2004 - Rieslingfan wrote: 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.)
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8/30/2004 - jonphillips wrote: 90 Points
With Chris. A little monolithic and overripe.
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5/15/2003 - Jason wrote: 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.
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