Matthew W.

9.1

Black jammy fruit, sweet cedar, a bit of grip on the finish.

The head to head Turley terroir challenge is a push. Great wines! — 3 years ago

Steve Gerths

9.8

This is the best bottle of wine opened in 2020. Turley finally mailed out this winery only wine. The vineyard has cherry trees and the wine takes on a brilliant cherry flavor. My wife said it was the best! I agreed. Have one more for Christmas dinner — 6 years ago

Dave Schneider

9.1

A little more slate and mineral tones and much less zesty and sharp that I would have expected. Still very good — 8 years ago

Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.3

Took a couple hours to open up. Still some fine tannin, but things are pretty nicely resolved with a good balance of fruit and earthy notes. 13.7% alc. Drinking at peak and quite a treat. — 9 years ago

Phil

9.3

Never would suspect 15.6 abv blind tasting this. — 10 years ago

Doug Griffin

9.2

Heat off the nose, bramble, flowers and dust. Raspberry blueberry pie filling, five spice, chocolate. Very balanced, not pruny or over done — 10 years ago

Ned Clark

9.1

First day closed. Second day beautiful. Third day still very drinkable. Do NOT pop n pour. Give it a long decant. — 11 years ago

Kate Huyett

9.1

With Elsa at picholine — 11 years ago

Kevin O'Connor

10

Wow, words can not explain how good this is. You just need to try some of these old turley petite's to believe it. This was the first of quite a few older vintages that I have tucked away. Can't wait to enjoy more of these! — 12 years ago

with Megan

Daryl McCurdy

10

Light but spicy — 14 years ago

Yoly Sardinas

9.0

Great inexpensive wine! — 3 years ago

William Feinstein

9.3

Pretty purple with the edges starting to lighten up to ruby red. More restrained style - plenty of depth without being really jammy. Blue fruit gives way to chambord, grilled meat and cocoa with black tea on the long finish. Amazingly balanced for 15.7% alcohol. Turley continues to make some of the best Zinfandel around. — 5 years ago

with Maryalice

Nick Ferrall

9.2

Lots of fruit and structure left for being past it’s prime. I’m no expert on aged zin, but it seems to have become more in line with an aged cab. — 8 years ago

with Grant

Pete Turley

9.6

One of my favorites from Turley... Smooth, with beautiful structure... Love the black pepper notes.. — 9 years ago

Nick Finarelli

9.5

Sadie has come to play! — 10 years ago

Michael Schamis

9.5

Beautifully stunning salmon pink color. Bright, ripe strawberry on the nose with light floral hints. Easy, bright acidity leads to wonderful juicy flavors of cranberry, strawberry and sour cherry and notes of stony minerality. The finish is crisp and light with lingering acidity. So glad I found one!!! — 11 years ago

with Kati

Paul Watson

9.3

Closer to a nicely aged claret than the 15.2% fruit bomb I imagined. What a refined and beautiful wine. Swoon! — 11 years ago

with Craig and Bryan

Lesa Gough

8.9

Cali Zin with refinement. Very nice. Need to get more of this. — 12 years ago

Margie Kim

9.8

It was Fab! Bought it at the silent auction for the Zin Project 2013. — 13 years ago

Joe Flo

9.1

Getting better with some bottle aging. — 5 years ago

Bryan Kesting

9.3

This is a fresh and lively wine composed of dark cherries, blackberries, all spice and menthol. It even has a slightly gamey character but not pronounced. Drink now or hold. — 5 years ago

Tim Munger

9.2

Hunting with buddies — 8 years ago

Ned Clark

9.6

Really excellent zin. — 9 years ago

Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.1

Turley made this wine from 1994-2010 and to me it was always the benchmark for the varietal during that era. The 13.9% alcohol was probably the lowest in Turley's lineup back in 2002. Their Charbono has always been a sneaky good ager and this is no exception. Probably already on a slow decline now I wouldn't hold on to these much longer. The Tofanelli family now keeps their own fruit. I'll have to try their version one of these days. — 10 years ago

Mike Davila

9.2

Better than I hoped for, would have been fun to taste blind. Drinking great, but ready to drink. — 10 years ago

Ryan Sherman

9.1

@Delectable Wine can you go that far back? — 11 years ago

Michael Sager-Wilde

Owner Sager + Wilde

9.5

What an amazjng texture. Rhone throughout, wish there was more of this. — 12 years ago

Patty Truong

9.8

North Grill — 12 years ago

Andrew Hanebutt

9.3

Raid the cellar night. Always a favorite. — 13 years ago