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Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - Drank as part of a 15 vineyard, 15 person, non-blind horizontal of 2007 Turley Zinfandels. Wines were opened but remained in the bottle for 1.5 hours; only Hayne was decanted. Wines were grouped by appellation. People did not taste wines in the same order. Hayne and Ubberroth were the clear winners.

A participant/statistician ran some interesting analyses:

• People got more lenient as they went on, with the 15th wine consumed rating on average a little over 1 point higher than the first. This trend became noticeable beginning about the 8-9th wine tasted. (Were the wines opening up more? Or, were people less discerning as BAC rose?)

• Four people (including me!!) rated wines significantly more in line with group opinion. Three other people were clearly contrarian; their deviations from the averages were much greater than the others.

• There was greater consistency in some wines than others; Mead, Moore, and Uberroth had the greatest consistency in ratings. Oddly, Hayne did not, even though most people probably surmised that Hayne was a most expensive wine.

In order, with average score (pretty tough graders!!):

Uberrroth Vineyard (Paso Robles) – 91.9
Hayne Vineyard (Napa, St. Helena)– 91.3
Tofanelli Vineyard (Napa) – 90.2
Salvador Vineyard (Contra Costa County) – 90.1
Moore “Earthquake” Vineyard (Napa)– 90.0
Dusi Vineyard (Paso Robles) – 89.9
Pesenti Vineyard (Paso Robles) – 89.9
Dogtown Vineyard (Central Valley, Lodi) – 89.7
Mead Ranch (Napa, Atlas Peak) – 89.4
Fredricks Vineyard (Sonoma, Sonoma Valley) – 89.3
Dragon Vineyard (Napa, Howell Mountain) – 89.2
Rattlesnake Ridge (Napa, Howell Mountain) – 89.2
Grist Vineyard (Sonoma, Dry Creek Valley) – 88.9
Duarte Vineyard (Contra Costa County) – 88.5
Cedarman (Napa, Howell Mountain) – 88.4

Surprisingly, Howell Mountain, where Outpost makes its great zin, did not fare well as an appellation. Not surprisingly, Paso Robles did very well.

This wine was one of my tops; I personally gave it a 92.

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