Turley Wine Cellars, Zinfandel 'Old Vines'

Alcohol percentage: 15.2%

Grape variety:
Zinfandel

Producer:
From their agent, Thorman Hunt:
“Larry Turley and his winemakers Tegan Passalacqua and Karl Wicka continue to produce a fantastic range of wines from some of California’s oldest, head-pruned, dry-farmed Zinfandel vineyards. They have managed to persuade the owners of some of California’s finest old vineyards to let them take total control of viticulture; farming organically, reducing yields to extremely low levels and picking very late. Winemaking is totally unmanipulated, with very gentle extraction. The wines are matured for 14-16 months in 75% French, 25% American oak barrels (25% new) and bottled unfined and unfiltered.
“Old Vines” comes from around 18 vineyards in Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lodi, Contra Costa, Amador and Paso Robles.”

The Bottle Shop rating:
Classic old vine Zin – extremely ripe but with plenty of blackberry/raspberry juiciness keeping it fresh and ultra-drinkable.