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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.9 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 32 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by lltl2021 on 4/24/2024 & rated 90 points: Good, but not interesting. Mainly ripe red fruit, A little bit hot (not surprising given 15.8 alcohol). Slightly sweet. (444 views) | | | Tasted by twoamps on 3/30/2024 & rated 95 points: Drank on steak night; dark, opaque red color, blackberry nose and taste, ripe but not overripe, still our favorite Turley zin and this was an exceptional bottle. Not too early, not too late. May try breaking my "no more than five years" rule for Turley zins for the last bottle. (736 views) | | | Tasted by cdebeau on 3/6/2024 & rated 92 points: Vibrant red fruit, raspberry (884 views) | | | Tasted by Mark1npt on 2/5/2024 & rated 94 points: Pnp'd to enjoy with pizza....mistake! This vintage needs air, or time. I know that now. At best an 89-90. Just really uninspiring for a Ueberroth, which has always inspired me and was the very first Turley wine that I fell in love with. It appears that the heat of 2020 affected the Paso wines as well.
Under a Repour stopper for 2 days, no gas, no vacuum. Finished the pizza for lunch this afternoon as well as the last half of this bottle. This one def needed a l-o-n-g slow ox or a second day! Changes by 3-4 points easily. Strong black raspberry fruit on the nose. More classic Ueberroth notes of tea and clove and the more noted softness that I get from Ueberroth. Excellent and strong finish and quite balanced out now, as well. The fruit is just such pure Zin! I think I have one left and will def give it some airtime once pulled...... (1951 views) | | | Tasted by mark.gularte@gmail.com on 11/23/2023 & rated 92 points: Always a favorite, so well blended and balanced, rich, deep, a touch smokey, blackberry, even a bit of salt?. Will keep coming back to the Ueberroth. (1527 views) | | | Tasted by FoMoCo on 10/22/2023 & rated 92 points: Had thought about holding this longer, but pleased we opened it. Still very good. (1546 views) | | | Tasted by twither on 10/20/2023 & rated 94 points: This one really surprised me. So good. (1382 views) | | | Tasted by Mark1npt on 10/7/2023 & rated 92 points: 8 months since my last bottle....notes/score pretty much the same with a little change in behavior. This drank best and had the best nose right from the pnp and for about an hour after that. Lots of juicy zin goodness/nose...then the fruit moved toward a bit tart and there was less of that great zin nose. Going through a phase, I'm sure. (2300 views) | | | Tasted by Central Coast Sharon on 9/1/2023: Super dark garnet. Spice and sea on the nose. Palate is very spicy and delicious. It’s a big wine. We hadn't had an Ueberroth in quite some time and took a couple home! (1515 views) | | | Tasted by Ex-Ray on 7/26/2023 & rated 95 points: Used as a ringer in a flight of five syrahs from different regions. Only 3 of 16 tasters identified it as the non-syrah. Still our favorite zin, plenty of fresh red fruit aromas and flavors. We're drinking our last bottles of 2018, which are as old as we like them.
Ric (1579 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Lover 1964 on 7/20/2023 & rated 88 points: Drink this one way too early so I need to keep future wines like this for at least 5 years. Acidity will give this a long life. (1372 views) | | | Tasted by tc from santee on 7/2/2023 & rated 92 points: Very nice, rounding into form. A delicious Zin. (1242 views) | | | Tasted by Ex-Ray on 6/27/2023 & rated 94 points: Our favorite of Turley's sins but this bottle, which excellent, did not bowl us over as much as several others from the last two vintages. We'll try another soon.
Ric (1554 views) | | | Tasted by Gpatt on 6/16/2023: Fruity nose. Great summer red. (1211 views) | | | Tasted by Mike Dildine on 5/16/2023 & rated 94 points: Very representative Ueberroth - which is to say rich, deep, balanced and delicious. (1234 views) | | | Tasted by Mtnmd1 on 5/2/2023 & rated 89 points: Austere. Cherry notes. Tart. Has hints of the Turley fruit. It seems like it is awaiting opening up though not what I expected. Starting to unfurl after a couple hours. Will give the next bottles a couple more years before approaching. (1142 views) | | | Tasted by bubbachumps on 4/27/2023 & rated 93 points: Billiets Zin-Tastic Zinfandels (Billiet's Bordelo): Darker fruited nose, notes of blackberry and boysenberry. Juicy and integrated palate, lower on the acidity spectrum. My 3 of 6. (1180 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 3/28/2023: Been a long time since I last had a Ueberroth Vineyard Zinfandel. My dad had ordered a case of this wine, but sadly never got to drink it. Opened one and sampled over two nights. The defining feature for me was a distinctive brightness - fresh acidity that amplified the fruit and spice character of the wine. There was no heaviness and no trace of heat despite the 15.7% alcohol (I was shocked when I checked it). Food friendly and with a long, spiced cherry finish, this was a wonderful, if melancholy, welcome back to the site. (1547 views) | | | Tasted by Mark1npt on 2/24/2023 & rated 92 points: Been a little worried about this one given some earlier reviews. Pnp'd for pizza night with neighbors and NOT disappointed, at all. Typical Turley nose, taste and feel given the barrel treatment. Might be a tad young, yet. Can't be harsh in my grading here, other than a tad of tart/bitter fruit on the ending which indicates it needs more time. The front 85% is a beautiful zin spiced, red fruited beauty, is quite good......though this vintage not as soft/smooth as others in the mouth feel department. Maybe that comes with more bottle age? I think this one has the potential to get to 94 , no problem...... (2449 views) | | | Tasted by CdrCabernet on 2/22/2023 & rated 89 points: Wow. I read some of the other notes here and while I agree with some observations, I have a slightly different view. I got spice, barnyard, and a touch of mint. I agree that the body is a bit thin, but there is a pretty good flavor profile with a nice finish. I agree that the price is rather high for the quality of the wine. My favorite Turley is Buck Cobb and I think the QPR favors the Buck. Overall, this is a very nice Paso Zin. (1138 views) | | | Tasted by Vino Loco on 2/20/2023 & rated 88 points: Generally a big fan of Turley zins, but this didn’t live up to their typically high standards.
Nose of prime rib (honestly, it smelled like meat - maybe smoke taint?). Light to mid colour. The wine was thin and tasted more like fruit juice than wine.
Perhaps a cautionary tale for the 2020 Vintage. (1201 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Lover 1964 on 11/27/2022 & rated 90 points: Similar to Turley's Judge Bell but not sure it's worth the extra $20. Very nice wine but maybe not worth qpr. Will update again after 2hrs air if big changes. Much better day 2 but acidity high which leads me to think these need more time to come together. Try next one late 2024, early 2025. (1560 views) | | | Tasted by FoMoCo on 11/24/2022 & rated 91 points: This was very good, but will definitely benefit from more time in the bottle. (It was better the second night.) It’s a little jammy (which we like) followed by a bit of pepper. Will hold a bottle for another year or three. (1142 views) | | | Tasted by mayakacz on 10/30/2022: Medium- tannin, high acidity. Well integrated. Black cherry, baking spice. (1399 views) | | | Tasted by z_willus_d on 10/23/2022 & rated 90 points: From a morning tasting at the Amador location. My notes are sparse and based on memory. 15.7% ABV. Classic bouquet with a touch of fruit roll-up; layered and nuanced, developing a intoxicating perfume. Rich, full impact palate. Linear, juicy with good acidity and length. 90+ (1431 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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| Turley Producer website2020 Turley Zinfandel Ueberroth VineyardPlanted in 1885, Ueberroth is the oldest of our Zinfandel vineyards. Located closer to the sea than any other site we work with, you can smell the salt air from the top of the vineyard hill. These ungrafted, head-trained vines are planted on very steep limestone slopes. The high pH of the soil makes for a very high-acid wine, elevating the ripe fruit flavors from this historic certified organic vineyard.
Certified organic, ungrafted vines over 130 years old; the “grand cru” site of Paso Robles. Exuberant, intense dark red plum, wild strawberry, dried orange peel, white pepper and chalk on the nose. Brooding, dense, pedigreed, powerfully fresh and balanced on the palate with mouth-watering acidity. Ready to drink now at 55°-60°F or could age several years.Zinfandel 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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm
Central Coast AVA WikipediaPaso Robles Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance
Set apart by unique climate and geography, Paso Robles Wine Country provides prime growing conditions for more than 40 varietals planted over 26,000 acres of vineyards. More than 300 wineries craft this fruit into premium wines, gaining recognition around the world. The fruit, the wines and the distinct environment have quickly made Paso Robles California's third largest and fastest growing wine region. |
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