Turley Zinfandel Dusi Vineyard 2022

Alcohol: 15.3%

Grape(s): Zinfandel

Localization: Lodi, California, USA

Tasting Notes: This vintage is known for its bold, spice-driven, and jammy flavors. It has notes of crushed flowers, Kirsch, sweet red berry fruit, mint, white pepper, and citrus. The wine is described as racy, silky, and super-expressive, with vibrant and mid-weight profiled soft tannins. A seriously satisfying wine with inherent depth, complexity, and grace.

The Domain: One of California's great wineries, Larry Turley's Turley Wine Cellars continues to play a critical role in safeguarding the Golden State's viticultural heritage, saving old, head-trained and sometimes own-rooted vineyards from destruction. With fully 29 different bottlings, Zinfandel (often complemented by small amounts of other co-planted varieties, such as Carignan and Grenache) is the standard-bearer here, though Turley also does a fantastic job with other varieties, most obviously Petite Syrah. Given how distinctive each of the single-vineyard bottlings is, it's tempting to suggest (though some will no doubt think it heretical) that Zinfandel might be the variety best adapted to expressing "terroir" in California."