2007 Turley Zinfandel Duarte

Community Tasting Notes (31) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  8/7/2018 - Birorganic Likes this wine: 90 Points

  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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  1/16/2017 - sloo Likes this wine: 89 Points

  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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  7/19/2015 - Minnesota wrote: 78 Points

  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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  8/7/2014 - jsioris Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Soft for a Zin. I liked the feel of the wine and it was over-powering. Turley makes great stuff.

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  6/9/2014 - D.Callahan Likes this wine: 91 Points

  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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