HISTORY

Planted in 1919 at 1500 feet up on Mendocino Ridge, this vineyard is surrounded by giant Redwood trees, forming a little island in the sky. Indeed, the site is so remote that the vines still survive on their own original roots as Phylloxera has never made its way up there. Located above the town of Philo and only 5 miles from the Pacific Ocean, it is the northernmost, coolest site from which we’ve ever made wine. Though we’ve worked with Mendocino fruit for many years, DuPratt is the only Mendocino County bottling from Turley.

VINTAGE SPECIFIC TASTING NOTES

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DETAILS

• AVA: Mendocino County

• Sub-AVA: Mendocino Ridge

• Soil: Timber (sandstone mixed with loamy clay, fractured rocks combined with leaves and needles from surrounding forests)

• Elevation: 1,500’

• Planting: 1919

• Varieties: Zinfandel

• Viticulture: Own-rooted, 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: 2016

• Serving Temp: 55-60ºF

• Release: Winter

• Accessibility: Limited, Member exclusive