Turley 2023 Frederick's Vineyard Zinfandel, Sonoma

                                                   Limited Turley Frederick's Vineyard Zinfandel now available. 95 Points Jeb Dunnuck: "The Turley 2023 Zinfandel Fredericks Vineyard has rustic herbal tones along with notes of fig, red plum, boysenberry, wild herbs, pine, and resinous earth. From Mount Veeder fruit, it has a lot of depth and full-bodied richness, with broad tannins, smoky earth, and layered, savory complexity. It amplifies richness and grip and can absolutely stand up to steak." 93 Points Vinous: "The Turley 2023 Zinfandel Fredericks Vineyard is a potent, seriously backward wine that is going to need time in bottle to be at its best. That should not be an issue, as the Fredericks ages very well. Black cherry, plum, game, incense, licorice, wild herbs, mocha and lavender all power through." 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."