Turley
San Luis Obispo County
Paso Robles, California
Ueberroth Vineyard
Zinfandel
2003
$24.99
16.0%
Much more clarity than expected, any original concentration in the more or less purple core is gone, as it moves outward it's brick red and orange with a rusty sort of cast. The nose has lost enough weight that the alcohol shows more prominently, the fruit has coalesced into golden raisin, date, cherry and blueberry pie notes, menthol and pine slowly blend in, honey and molasses, the ripeness is pleasing but it is hard to find distinct tertiary aromas which reward the act of aging the wine. Medium-bodied, sappy texture with a good deal of heat here too. The flesh has fallen off to the point that it comes off as acidic which both creates more movement as well as more freshness in the raspberry, blueberry fruit. Still, there's that fig and raisin plus caramel and honey. Past peak but not precipitously falling away from it.
88 points