Turley is one of the most well known and premier zinfandel producers in California. 2005 produced many strong wines for Turley. They make wonderful single vineyard Zinfandels and Syrahs (from what I have had) and others. Tofanelli is a well now vineyard for zinfandel. I have had Schrader zins from this vineyard as well.
Taste Review Note
This Turley had nice sweet and sour cherry aromas with some light coffee and green elements. The body was full but not thick or over done. It tasted a little older than the 2005 vintage on the bottle (that's a good thing here). The mouthfeel was not heavy. The 15.5 alcohol seemed nicely intertwined here. The palate offered good tastes of rasberries and dark fruit with some semi sweet chocolate and had very good balance with nice acidity.
The semi sweet chocolate was on the finish which was clean and rich. No heat with decent length. A good Zinfandel from Turley without the heavy price that some others come in at from this producer.
90 Points
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