2022 Turley Zinfandel Turley Estate Napa Valley Saint Helena

This vineyard holds a special place in the hearts of the winery team—it lies just beyond their doorstep, visible from both the cellar and the family home. Over the years, they’ve carefully expanded the original mid-1990s planting with additional head-trained, dry-farmed Zinfandel vines. The entire estate is now certified organic. Drawing inspiration from California’s historic old vine vineyards, they’ve also introduced several traditional companion varieties commonly interplanted with Zinfandel, including Carignane, Trousseau, and Cinsault.

Turley Wine Cellars makes forty-seven wines from over fifty vineyards, the vast majority of which are single vineyards designated Zinfandels and Petite Syrahs. By focusing on old vine vineyards, in particular, Turley aims to both create and preserve California’s unique winemaking culture. All of their vineyards are either certified organic by California Certified Organic Farmers or in the certification process. They use all-natural yeasts in the fermentations. Turley aims to be the stewards of California’s most historic vineyards, producing distinctive wines that reflect their heritage.

Aging: 15 months in barrels, 80% used oak, 20% new, 80% French oak, 20% American

Zinfandel, Carignane, Petite Syrah, Trousseau, and Cinsault. 

See Critical Reviews for detailed tasting notes.

The 2022 Zinfandel Turley Estate is composed of three generations of plantings that commenced in 1996. Medium to deep ruby in the glass, it opens with pure, deep, characteristic aromas of grilled yellow peaches, red cherry, redcurrant, lavender, leather and angostura bitters, revealing finer detail as it spends time in the glass. The palate is massively rich, full-bodied and powerful, with a brooding density that melds with grainy tannins and mouthwatering acidity. The finish is layered, dramatic and perfumed, with an overarching youthful density that will take a few years in bottle to unwind. This is a lovely effort that combines modern density with a classically framed structure. ~95 Wine Advocate

Refined and polished, with a simmering power beneath the surface, offering expressive flavors of raspberry, garrigue and savory that gather richness toward fine-grained tannins. Drink now through 2034. ~94 Wine Spectator

The 2022 Zinfandel Turley Estate is a brooding, earthy wine with good depth and fine persistence. Today the fruit is very much in the background, making this one of the more reticent, inward wines in the range. It will be interesting to see if the fruit emerges more fully over time. ~92 Vinous Media

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