Turley, Ueberroth Zinfandel, Paso Robles

Full of bright red fruit on the nose and still has bright acidity. Ueberroth is always the softer/elegant Zin for me and even after 15 years still has a lighter body and just a hint of age but still primarily red berries and some herbal/tea flavors. Great example of how well Zin can age.

2011 vintage

In a wonderful place right now. I drink these too young, but they are so good, it is hard to keep myhands off them. This shows that Zin can age…

2011 vintage

Corked

2011 vintage

opaque garnet to brick Sediment in the bottle, tannin mostly, decant carefully cooked red fruit, cedar, graphite nose Medium plus alcohol medium plus acid cooled sour cherry, cedar palate ripe, fine tannin A little past peak, almost old world feeling expression, still holding up but drink now.

2011 vintage

Definitely picking up some plum and port notes in its age, but otherwise I stand by my initial assessment: As other reviewers have pointed out, this is zin that's closer to claret, hearty and teeth-staining and complex.

2011 vintage

Turley Zin from Paso Robles. Great if you let it age!

2011 vintage

I believe this wine is at a sweet spot right now, and rewarding to drink at this time!

2011 vintage

Holding up very well with plenty of fruit. First taster noted that it was slightly frissant but that quickly went away. Great with barbecue ribs.

2011 vintage

Over the hill.

2011 vintage

Solid, but for whatever reason, not as good or interesting as when I last tasted in 2019.

2011 vintage

Very well structured with great fruit and a pleasant finish. Holding up very well - but might be at its peak?

2011 vintage

Agree with: 3/7/2021 - ShadowIII wrote: 93 Points Rich, forward fruit, raspberries, dark cherry, but a remarkable lush mouth feel, depth is special, long finish, firm but elegant structure, crowd pleaser Drinking like it is 5-7 years old ...

2011 vintage

Great fruit, balanced tannin's and in a real good place.

2011 vintage

Rich, forward fruit, raspberries, dark cherry, but a remarkable lush mouth feel, depth is special, long finish, firm but elegant structure, crowd pleaser

2011 vintage

As other reviewers have pointed out, this is zin that's closer to claret, hearty and teeth-staining and complex. Time to drink up.

2011 vintage

Enjoyed this. Very smooth, still has good fruit. One of our favorite wineries!

2011 vintage

16.3% abv. Medium ruby, extremely aromatic. Ripe plum, white pepper, red cherry highlights, some mint on the back end. Some secondary flavors like saddle leather and olive making an appearance and adding a grippy, savory claret note. Excellent depth and length. This very enjoyable wine is handling its extreme alcohol very well. A delicious and very singular wine.

2011 vintage

One of the best Turley's. Thick, chewy, lingering finish - not cloying - good balance

2011 vintage

This wine is at its peak drinking window. Dark berries, lavender, smoked cinnamon, slight lead pencil. Burnt metal! Tannins are soft and finish last 30+ seconds. The kinda wine you open, decant, give your friends a try and everyone is racing to get a refill ASAP. That good. Highly reco +++

2011 vintage

I freaking love this stuff

2011 vintage

One of the best I've had to date from this label. Balances its sweetness with serious stuffing perfectly. An ST92+ is a pretty high showing for a Cali zin; nicely done Turley.

2011 vintage

A bit confusing. I drank this a month ago and got a different impression. This time around while the wine is big, and jammy at some level it kind of works and there are some good things going on. Blackberry jam, smoked meats, spices and minerals. Big boned, showing some complexity, can age for a number of years more.

2011 vintage

Decant 30 mins. This wine felt very overdone. The nose is blackberry jam and herbs. The palate is very heavy and jammy with black berry, prunes, tobacco and herbs coming through. Massive but somewhat disjointed structure.

2011 vintage

Tannins present but not obtrusive. Not obviously a Zinfandel to me, but no complaints about that. 15.2% alcohol nicely integrated for a Zin. This went well with BLT sandwiches one day and dry-rub pork ribs another.

2011 vintage

Briary red fruit and spice. Tasty.

2011 vintage

I had bought a case Turley wines from a friend and as I worked through them over the course of a few years, I have been discovering that I think I like most of them on the younger side. I have since gotten on the mailing list and am pulling the corks immediately without guilt. This was the last bottle of that first case and a lovely exception to my sooner rather than later rule. Purple juice with deep, brooding, …

2011 vintage

Red fruit, spice, black pepper.

2011 vintage

Blackberries, boysenberries, black pepper, spice. Medium plus length finish.

2011 vintage

Prunes in the nose with pepper and blackberry that seems to be showing age. I’d drink soon.

2011 vintage

Full bodied and rich but missing some acid structure. Very good but only one direction to go from here.

2011 vintage

Wonderful Zin. Mellowed out so it's time to enjoy. Don't see it getting any better.

2011 vintage

Good but not quite I expect from RR. More cab notes than zin.

2011 vintage

Nice cranberry and vanilla nose with blue fruit, slate, pepper and tannic notes leading to a drying finish.

2011 vintage

Lovely Zin.

2011 vintage

A friend was grilling rib eyes and roasting potatoes so I wanted something to match. Have been working through the '11s, down to just this one bottle so why not. 2nd of 2 from the cellar, and the weaker showing. The one opened in June did better. Today it was heavier, and a touch pruney. Deep purple/black coloring. Touch sharp on the finish, though that blew off on night two. Not as engaging as 1st bottle, more straightforward black plum, …

2011 vintage

Popped and poured, but a bit musty and closed, so let the wine sit in a decanter for a bit over a half hour, then back into the bottle. No sediment. Nose of red fruits and spice. On the palate this wine was all pepper and spice - and other things nice. The predominant fruits were red, but there was some blackberry/boysenberry woven through. The acid was balanced, the tannins were well integrated, and the high alcohol was not apparent. …

2011 vintage

1st of 2 bottles. Expressive and interesting. I always look forward to what the Ueberroth will show, and this is a very good Ueb vintage. Boisenberry and bramble on the approach but then some more savory notes reveal themselves. No funk, just deeper aromatics like hint of rosemary. Great bottle, good food wine and good solo sipper. Continues to be my fav of the Turley Zin range.

2011 vintage

fab bbq wine. A really crowd pleaser.

2011 vintage

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2011 vintage

Jammy and spicy, on the nose and entry. Mid-palate is exactly what you expect from a Turley Zin - black fruit & spices. Soft tannins; definitely drinking well right now.

2011 vintage

The is fully mature with the tannins having become quite soft now. Nose of blackberry and spice. The mid palate is full of ripe concentrated red fruit,touched by black pepper and spice. It is lush and sweet, almost to the point of being a little jammy. The wine has decent balance, not much heat is detectable but it lacks the complexity of the best Turleys. I would drink this up.

2011 vintage

Always one of my favorite curvees of Turley and this lived up to expectations, although I had to share too much of the bottle with others to be sure. No sign of 2011 as an off vintage here.

2011 vintage

Just awful on opening. Frizzy, seemed to have some type of bacterial or other type of contamination going on. Overnight, the frizz reduced some to a tolerable level. Still, the wine seemed overbaked, too ripe with plum and other super-ripe notes. By night three the wine settled down to show heat, blueberry and pepper notes that aren't horrible but also not great. I hope future Fredericks don't show these baked and contamination notes.

2011 vintage

Really great tonight, with orange peel, zinberry and a nice long, smoky finish. Enough acidity to balance the wine. I think it's a perfect window right now.

2011 vintage

A beautiful bottle of wine, had it for Easter with Lamb. Tannins are very soft, would not hold much longer, ready for drinking

2011 vintage

Pretty closed on initial open (sadly, didn't decant - clearly should have). After being open in the bottle for a couple of hours, really started opening up. Rich spices, dusty earth and leather, dark brambly berries, sweet tobacco. Mouthfilling and coating - big on the palate but with lovely acidity. Rich ripe fruits balanced with very soft tannins and a long finish. Lovely.

2011 vintage

A bit bitter....?

2011 vintage

Standard good Turley. Didn't notice anything special (by Turley standards), just the usual good drinking.

2011 vintage

Bright Zinfandel nose with mature prune, blackberry, pepper and oak notes.

2011 vintage

Well done Elegant zin! Love the smooth edges, powerful finish packing a punch of ripe cherries with a touch of spices. Turley continues to make head scratching zin that put them in a different category.

2011 vintage

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