Tried last night w/ braised shortribs:
1. Turley Zin Cedarman/HowellMtn (15.0%) 2005: Very dark/black color; very strong cracked black pepper bit alcoholic huge blackberry/spicy classic HM Zin nose; soft very intense black pepper/blackberry quite spicy bit tannic/dusty flavor; very long cracked black pepper strong blackberry/spicy/dusty light toasty/Fr.oak finish; needs several yrs; a classic example of HM Zin; attractive price at $34.00
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. This is a new vnyd for Turley up on HowellMtn. HowellMtn Zins tend to be rather big/rustic/strapping Zins that really need some time to develop. This was of that mold, but still good drinking now. Some of those early Ridge HM Zins were huge/strappin' Zins that didn't show much fruit early on, but really developed marvelously into maturity.
TomHill