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Turley

Turley Wine Cellars has wineries in St. Helena, in the Napa Valley, and in Templeton, in the Paso Robles area of California’s Central Coast. Founded in 1993 by Larry Turley, Turley Wine Cellars is known for robust and well-rated Zinfandels. Turley is the brother of Helen Turley, one of California’s most legendary winemakers, and she consulted for him until the mid-1990s. Now the winemaker is Tegan Passalacqua, who worked under legendary Ehren Jordan before Jordan left for other pursuits. Turley has a talent for finding young winemakers on the verge of fame. He also gave Thomas Rivers Brown his first job. Larry Turley co-founded Frog’s Leap Winery in 1981 but sold his interest in Frog’s Leap to start his own estate. Robert M. Parker Jr. has called Larry Turley “the world’s premier Zinfandel specialist…he built Turley Wine Cellars into a showcase for the fruit, power and intensity of Zinfandel.” There are generally waits of several years to get on the mailing list to acquire Turley Zinfandels.

1994 Turley Aida Vineyard Zinfandel

4 cm ullage; label condition issue

WS  90   

1995 Turley Black Sears Vineyard Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   

1996 Turley Black Sears Vineyard Zinfandel

RP  94   
WS  91   

1998 Turley Black Sears Vineyard Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

2 available
Bid *

2005 Turley Cedarman Zinfandel

RP  90-92   

1998 Turley Dogtown Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

ST  91   
RP  90   

2002 Turley Dragon Vineyard Zinfandel

WS  93   
RP  92-94   
ST  90+    

2005 Turley Duarte Vineyard Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

ST  91   
RP  89-91   

2002 Turley Dusi Vineyard Zinfandel

ST  92   
RP  90-93   

2002 Turley Dusi Vineyard Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

ST  92   
RP  90-93   

2001 Turley Estate Petite Syrah

RP  94+    
ST  90+    

2001 Turley Estate Zinfandel

RP  95   

2002 Turley Estate Zinfandel

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  92-94   
WS  92   
ST  91   

2003 Turley Estate Zinfandel

RP  91-93   
ST  90   

2004 Turley Estate Zinfandel

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

ST  91   
RP  90-92   

2004 Turley Grist Vineyard Zinfandel

Light capsule condition issue

ST  94   
RP  93-95   
2 available
Bid *

1998 Turley Hayne Vineyard Petite Syrah

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  90-95   
WS  90   
ST  90-92   

2003 Turley Hayne Vineyard Petite Syrah

Light label condition issue

RP  93-95   
ST  91+    

1993 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

Label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  95   

1994 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  96   

1995 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  94   
2 available
Bid *

1996 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

RP  97   
WS  95   
ST  92   

1997 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  95-97   
ST  94-96   

1997 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  95-97   
ST  94-96   

1998 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

RP  94   
ST  91-93