Vinous Media 88
"The 2020 Zinfandel Old Vines is a powerful, brooding wine marked by searing tannins. Usually the Old Vines has more fruit richness, but in 2020, the tannins are pretty imposing. Blue/purplish fruit, lavender, licorice and sweet spice open reluctantly. This is not an easy wine to taste today.- By Antonio Galloni on January 2022"

The Wine
Old Vines is composed of a variety of old sites from California that are either too small to be made into a vineyard designate wine or are new to the Turley family (and way of farming). Vines are anywhere from 41 to 129 years old, and a true representation of California old vine Zinfandel, hailing from vineyards in Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lodi, Contra Costa, Amador and Paso Robles.
Turley Wine Cellars

95 Zinfandel, 5 Mataro, Alicante Bouschet, Petite Syrah, Grenache, and Cinsault California AVA Sourced from 20 + vineyards across 8 counties in California Average vine age: 50-130 years old 100 Native yeast fermentation Aged 12 months in 80 French oak and 20 American oak (10 new) Bottled unfined 15.2 abv

The Estate
Turley Wine Cellars was founded in Napa Valley by Larry Turley in 1993. Because Larry has never met an old vine vineyard he didn't like, Turley now makes 34 separate wines from 38 different vineyards, some with vines that date back to the late 1800s. Often weak and decaying, these old vine vineyards require extra care and attention in order to restore them to their former glory. After twenty-five years as an emergency room physician, Larry can now focus his resuscitative skills on the various old vineyards that comprise the wines he loves. All of the vineyards are either certified organic by California Certified Organic Farmers or somewhere in the process, and only natural yeasts are used in the fermentations. By focusing on old vine Zinfandels and Petite Syrahs in particular, Turley aims to both create and preserve California's unique winemaking culture.

Farming Practice:Practicing Organic