Rare library release ...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."
Severn Goodwin
Annual Fall seclusion at our cabin in the Rangeley lakes region of Maine. (Notes this year were avoided, but scores are honest.) This Lodi didn't hold well
Annual Fall seclusion at our cabin in the Rangeley lakes region of Maine. (Notes this year were avoided, but scores are honest.) This Lodi didn't hold well
8.8Richard Steinberg
Wine is soft with great fruit profile. Soft edges. Nice find in a Key West tapas place.
Wine is soft with great fruit profile. Soft edges. Nice find in a Key West tapas place.
8.6Shawn R
Red rover, red rover send Dogtown right over! @Christina Turley Drink now, as its age is beginning to show.
Red rover, red rover send Dogtown right over! @Christina Turley Drink now, as its age is beginning to show.
9.1Jason Charles
'There's a concert hall in Vienna where your mouth has a thousand reviews'
'There's a concert hall in Vienna where your mouth has a thousand reviews'
9.5Maggie Hoffman
Wine Editor SeriousEats
So beautiful. @bartartine @vinnyeng
So beautiful. @bartartine @vinnyeng
9.4Vinny Eng
Love, California.
Love, California.
10Dario Scimeca
Barley aged - so much fruit it can go for years
Barley aged - so much fruit it can go for years
9.0Alex Fishman
Dessert!
Dessert!
8.8WARNING: DRINKING DISTILLED SPIRITS, BEER, COOLERS, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY INCREASE CANCER RISK, AND, DURING PREGNANCY, CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.