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Manage Subscriptions2007 Turley Zinfandel Duarte
Zinfandel
- USA
- California
- San Francisco Bay
- Contra Costa County
Community Tasting Notes 31
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Birorganic Likes this wine: 90 points
August 7, 2018 - Still very drinkable. Fruit still there. Enjoyable with food. Way past it’s prime drinking window but still enjoyable. Duarte has always been my favorite Turley. This is nothing like a young Duarte.
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sloo Likes this wine: 89 points
January 16, 2017 - This is ostensibly a bit old for this wine, but we were surprised. Still fully structured and without obvious flaws. Even decanted, it started out hot and maybe underwhelming in length, but it opened up nicely with a half hour at about 20°C. It had plenty of the spice and a bit of the richly sweet nose of a young Turley. Very full in the mouth, and no longer hot (after sitting and swirling). Finish is medium short and clear. Definitely more on the balsamic or round oldness end than the bright lemonade end. This might be a sipping wine more than a between bites accompaniment. Our meal (house porchetta, heavy on fennel) was the sort of thing that zinfandel suits, but I liked this wine better after the plates were clean. A good example of a concentrated table wine that tapers gently into old age.
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Minnesota wrote: 78 points
July 19, 2015 - Flawed or never destined for pleasurable drinking? Funky, raisiny, bitter tannins, zero finesse on the nose. Another Turley cooking wine at best.
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jsioris Likes this wine: 90 points
August 7, 2014 - Soft for a Zin. I liked the feel of the wine and it was over-powering. Turley makes great stuff.
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D.Callahan Likes this wine: 91 points
June 9, 2014 - This was a beautiful, mature Zin that has reached a balance of all of its components. Still enough acid to stand up to a grilled New York steak but with enough richness and finesse to add to the experience rather than just cut the richness of the meat. Dark cherries, licorice, pepper and an earthy note rounded out the palate. Excellent wine probably at its peak.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2009, IWC Issue #144 (link)(Turley Wine Cellars Zinfandel Duarte Contra Costa County) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2007
- Type Red
- Producer Turley
- Varietal Zinfandel
- Designation Duarte
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion San Francisco Bay
- Appellation Contra Costa County
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 3 (1%)
- In Cellars 181 (32%)
- Consumed 381 (67%)
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