HISTORY

This wine is an homage to Joe Duarte, a prominent grape grower in Contra Costa who first introduced Turley to the incredible vineyards of the area. The wine is comprised of fruit from the turn-of-the-century vineyards, several ungrafted, dating back to the 1890s. Thanks to the windswept sandy soils and impressive age of the vines, the wine has some of the softest, silkiest tannins we’ve ever seen in a Zinfandel.

VINTAGE SPECIFIC TASTING NOTES

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DETAILS

• AVA: Contra Costa

• Soil: Delhi Blow Sand

• Vineyards: Evangelo, Mori, Del Barba (Salvador was included in through the 2019 vintage)

• Plantings: 1890 - 1960

• Varieties: Zinfandel, Carignane, Granache, Mataro

• Viticulture: Head-trained, dry-farmed, hand harvested

• Fermentation: Native yeast

• Barrels: 80% used oak, 20% new, 80% French oak, 20% American

• Aging: 15 months in barrel

• Bottled unfined and unfiltered

• First Turley Vintage: 1995

• Serving Temp: 55-65ºF

• Release: Spring