• "Brimming With Werve and Fresh Flavors" ~92 WS
• "A Fine Choice for Drinking Now and Over the Next Years" ~90 VM
• CA Leading Zinfandel Producer
  
• Consistent Critical Kudos, Highly Allocated
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About the Wine

Turley Wine Cellars makes forty-seven wines from over fifty vineyards, the vast majority of which are single vineyards designated Zinfandels and Petite Syrahs. By focusing on old vine vineyards, in particular, Turley aims to both create and preserve California’s unique winemaking culture. All of their vineyards are either certified organic by California Certified Organic Farmers or in the certification process. They use all-natural yeasts in the fermentations. Turley aims to be the steward of California’s most historic vineyards, producing distinctive wines that reflect their heritage.

This Zinfandel is composed of a variety of old sites from California that are either too small to be made into a vineyard-designated wine or are “new” to the Turley family (and way of farming). Vines are anywhere from 50 to 130 years old, and a true representation of California's old vine Zinfandel, hailing from vineyards in Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lodi, Contra Costa, Amador, and Paso Robles. There is no better way to gauge the classic character of old-vine Zinfandel in California than through this wine.

Juvenile is actually composed of a variety of young vines that have been replanted in several of our old vine sites. We tag the younger vines, then pick them separately and make a distinct wine. Juvenile vines range in age from about 6 to 25 years, and we pull from a selection of our best vineyards across California.

Aging: in 80% used oak barriques, of which 80% are French (the rest American) for 15-18 months.

Tasting Notes

100% Zinfandel.

Exuberant and expressive! Classic Zinfandel spice, brightly fruited and well structured, delightfully juicy and just downright delicious. Dark raspberry, blue fruits, soft tannins, and deeply pleasurable. This wine punches so far above its weight that it’s in a class of its own.

Critic Reviews

Brimming with verve, this Zin offers fresh flavors of black cherry, raspberry, briar patch, and savory pepper that end with snappy tannins. Drink now through 2033. 20,000 cases made. ~92 Wine Spectator 

The 2023 Zinfandel Juvenile is bold, juicy, and super-expressive, all of which make it a fine choice for drinking now and over the next handful of years. Bright red/purplish fruit, lavender, spice, and new leather build nicely in this tasty, mid-weight offering from Turley. ~90 Vinous Media 

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