Turley, Zinfandel, "Ueberroth Vineyard" Paso Robles, California, 2022

Overview of the Wine
Turley Wine Cellars was founded in 1993 by Larry Turley and makes forty-seven wines, the vast majority of which are single vineyard designate 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 Turley’s vineyards are either certified organic by California Certified Organic Farmers or somewhere in the process, and the winery uses all natural yeasts in the fermentations.

Turley aims to be stewards of some of California’s most distinctive vineyards, producing authentic wines that reflect their heritage.

Organic. 

Winemaker
Larry Turley

Grape / Blend
Zinfandel

Origin

Paso Robles, California

Winemaker's Tasting Notes
Ueberroth was planted in 1885, making it the oldest of the Turley Zinfandel vineyards. It also happens to be the closer to the sea than any other site, providing salty sea air for these ungrafted, head-trained vines to flourish. The vineyard is planted on extremely steep limestone slopes, with a soil featuring a higher pH level to enhance acidity. Upon harvest the grapes are fermented with natural yeasts, then aged in 80% used oak barriques, in which 80% are French oak and 20% are American oak. The wine is bottled after being aged for 15 months in barrel. 

Aromatically this wine is full of ripe dark fruits and enticing minerality. On the palate, the wine has silken tannins with raspberries and black cherries, along with a racy amount of acidity that balances out the wine.

95 Points - Wine Spectator
Broad-shouldered and powerfully structured yet detailed and stylish, with deep flavors of blackberry and cherry accented by bittersweet chocolate, orange peel and fruitcake spices that gather tension and richness on the slightly firm finish. Drink now through 2037. 

94 Points - Wine Advocate
Planted on calcareous shale soils, the 2022 Zinfandel Ueberroth Vineyard leads with a compelling, brooding nose of iron, tree bark, autumn leaves, scorched earth and a deep core of just-ripe wild red cherry fruit. The palate is dense and saturated with immense concentration but has the framing to hold it without going out of balance. The finish combines punchy, ripe fruit flavors with a fine, dusty tannin structure lined with vibrant, mineral-laced acidity. This wine does an admirable job of straddling monolithic density and lifted vibrancy and deserves several years in bottle to unwind and further come into itself. 

93 Points - Vinous
Planted on calcareous shale soils, the 2022 Zinfandel Ueberroth Vineyard leads with a compelling, brooding nose of iron, tree bark, autumn leaves, scorched earth and a deep core of just-ripe wild red cherry fruit. The palate is dense and saturated with immense concentration but has the framing to hold it without going out of balance. The finish combines punchy, ripe fruit flavors with a fine, dusty tannin structure lined with vibrant, mineral-laced acidity. This wine does an admirable job of straddling monolithic density and lifted vibrancy and deserves several years in bottle to unwind and further come into itself. 

Product size: 750ml