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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 22 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by La Cave d'Argent on 2/28/2024 & rated 93 points: This Turley Zinfandel was sourced from the Heminway Vineyard, which sits at an elevation of 1700 feet within the Chiles Valley sub-AVA. Crafted from vines that were between 20 and 23 years of age at the time of harvesting, the grapes (100% Zinfandel) were fermented on native yeast and aged for 15 months in a combination of French (80%) and American (20%) oak, with 20% of all barrels being new. The end result is a deep ruby, highly aromatic wine that is effusive of black and blue bramble fruits, fig, mulling spices, cocoa and white pepper. Medium-to-full-bodied, fresh, judiciously oaked and without any heat from its lofty 15.4% alcohol (when served at 60-65°F), it delivers comparable flavors that are coated with medium-weight, silky-smooth tannins. Dense in the middle and long on the finish, this is a gorgeous, "feminine" Turley with beautiful fruit and soft textures. Sampled over a three-hour period from a well-cellared bottle that had been Vinturi-decanted, this was quickly expressive but was at its best after the first hour in carafe. Drink now-2027. (374 views) | | | Tasted by Salute on 10/7/2023 & rated 92 points: Fantastic zin. One of our favorite Turleys. Strong notes of cedar with underlying spice. (708 views) | | | Tasted by Mark1npt on 8/18/2023 & rated 92 points: Solid afternoon wine enjoyed with salsa and chips. Immediately approachable right at the pnp. Dark garnet red in the glass, red berries and tea on the nose with a hint of spice. Soft and velour like in the mouth with more red berries predominantly. Mid-weight, balanced and quite good. Did not seem to improve further over 60-90 minutes of air, but stayed steady and quite nice throughout. I try to finish most of my Turleys by the 5 year mark. This one is now 4 yo and not likely to improve any further from a 'zin' standpoint. It will continue to soften and lose its zin characteristics in coming years. (1770 views) | | | Tasted by dino_mike on 5/24/2023 & rated 92 points: Deep purple color, great nose of pencil lead and blueberry with a lingering floral-lavender something. Really delivers a complex, dark berry flavor with a nice beam of mineral or riverstone to give the wine refined complexity. A bit dark cola flavors in there too. Too complex to label this a fruit bomb zin, it's way more refined than that. Drinks great now in 2023 but another year would smooth out the already velvety tannins at mid pallet. (913 views) | | | Tasted by fredman on 2/8/2023 & rated 92 points: One-hour decant. Sweet tannins. Drink now or hold til 2026. (1051 views) | | | Tasted by rbfleming on 10/10/2022 & rated 91 points: Brambly, warm and luscious. (929 views) | | | Tasted by Mark1npt on 9/15/2022 & rated 93 points: This was a great pnp while visiting family last night.....sweet big red/black fruited zin beauty. Requisite white pepper and spicebox. Integrated and approachable and scored its best for me in the first two hours it was open. Cork back into bottle and finished this afternoon. While the nose was just about as nearly as expressive as the first day, the palate of the 2nd day offered less pleasure. Fruit was muted and changed to almost all black. Zin sense and spicebox toned down a good bit too. Rather pedestrian now. Maybe an 88-89 at best on day 2. (2434 views) | | | Tasted by Wine_Poobah on 9/4/2022 & rated 92 points: Sweet black fruit aroma with notes of spice and dried flowers. A slight sting of alcohol on the nose. Ripe, jammy black fruit flavors with a spicy, woody, stemmy finish. Also notes of cedar and vanilla. Well balanced but not particularly complex — mostly just juicy fruit. (813 views) | | | Tasted by bryon m on 6/28/2022 & rated 90 points: Different than most Turley Zin's - not as much upfront fruit in this one. Some earthy tones and not much pepper. Enjoyable, noty my favorite.
Color, body and clarity all good. (857 views) | | | Tasted by JackieMichael on 5/7/2022 & rated 93 points: First time we’ve had a zin from this vineyard. It’s excellent. Perfect with Mediterranean style meatballs - herbs and cumin in the mix. Beautiful color and big flavor will order again and more if available. (838 views) | | | Tasted by CdrCabernet on 10/12/2021 & rated 90 points: Still a bit young. Mint and earth on the nose. Medium body. Black plum, cumin, and coriander on the palate. Very tangly and tasty with a long finish. Decant and it opens nicely. (1015 views) | | | Tasted by cultdrinker on 10/10/2021 & rated 93 points: Nice wine. Fruity, juicy, and long aftertaste. (940 views) | | | Tasted by GasperTheWineGuy on 8/27/2021 & rated 88 points: Ripe raspberry, vanilla, pleaseing finish. (927 views) |
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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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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