There are a lot of older Turley Zins coming up at auction these days and the prices are low. I got a 4 bottle lot of this for $32 a bottle including buyer's premium and tax. Popped, decanted and poured about 15 minutes later. Opened with a Durand but the cork was very sound. My son immediately commented on the high alcohol level from the nose before even taking a sip. It's 15.4% so not a shy wine. I was not bothered by it. This is definitely a fruit driven wine, but neither jammy nor sweet. Cherry, berries and plums dominated the palate with just a little bit of spice and the back. I followed this for 4 hours after decanting and the fruit complexity developed over time. I bought some early 2000 Turley by mail order, I think the 2004 vintage, and I found them to be too syrupy so I stopped buying. I do not know what this wine was like in its youth, but if it was like the others I tried from that period, then it has developed extremely well in the interim.
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7/3/2021 - J @ y H @ c k wrote: 91 Points
There are a lot of older Turley Zins coming up at auction these days and the prices are low. I got a 4 bottle lot of this for $32 a bottle including buyer's premium and tax. Popped, decanted and poured about 15 minutes later. Opened with a Durand but the cork was very sound. My son immediately commented on the high alcohol level from the nose before even taking a sip. It's 15.4% so not a shy wine. I was not bothered by it. This is definitely a fruit driven wine, but neither jammy nor sweet. Cherry, berries and plums dominated the palate with just a little bit of spice and the back. I followed this for 4 hours after decanting and the fruit complexity developed over time. I bought some early 2000 Turley by mail order, I think the 2004 vintage, and I found them to be too syrupy so I stopped buying. I do not know what this wine was like in its youth, but if it was like the others I tried from that period, then it has developed extremely well in the interim.
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3/17/2011 - IAMVLAD wrote: 86 Points
lean on fruit compared to other turley 03s and a bit hot.
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3/6/2011 - IAMVLAD wrote: 88 Points
typical turley fruit and spice but i thought a little hot.
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3/3/2011 - buckeye76 wrote: 92 Points
RICH DEEP BERRY FRUIT IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR. LONG FINISH.
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2/10/2010 - cultdrinker wrote: 96 Points
Beautiful Turley wine. Drinking wonderfully now. No need to let it breathe. Lots of fruit and Turley spice. Aftertaste of more than one minute.
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