After dumping 5 '94 Turley Zins and 4 other contemporary Zins down the drain, these two were passable (barely):
1. Turley Zin HayneVnyd/NapaVlly (17.2%) 1994:Very dark color w/ some bricking; some toasty/smokey/oak bit blackberry/boysenberry/jammy/very ripe/Zin rather alcoholic/fumey some cedary/pencilly/oldZin bit complex somewhat tired nose; rather alcoholic/fumey/hot some blackberry/boysenberry/Zin very ripe some smokey/oak flavor w/ light/drying tannins; med. quite soft rather pencilly/cedary/oldZin slight blackberry/boysenberry/very ripe/raspberry rather hot/fumey light toasty/smokey/oak finish w/ light dried-out tannins; alcohol really dominates but still has a bit of fruit and clinging to life.
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2. Turley PetiteSirah AidaVnyd/NapaVlly (14.1%) C&B by Turley/Oakville 1994: Very dark/near black color w/ no bricking; bit alcoholic earthy/dusty/OV slight blackberry/licorice/PS slight peppery light smokey/toasty/oak rather oafish/clunky nose w/ little evolution or complexity; soft bit dried-out hard/earthy/dusty/OV slight peppery/licorice/PS bit metallic/tangy light smokey/toasty/oak flavor w/ light/drying/astringent tannins; med. soft earthy/dusty/OV light PS/licorice/peppery some smokey/toasty/oak metallic/tangy finish w/ light astringent/dried-out tannins; on the downside w/o developing any nuances or complexity; a huge PS in its youth that you just knew would be great but it never became that.
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. These two came from a case that had a mixed bunch of '93-'94 Zins. Most were dead, none offerred up much pleasure other than intellectual. Because of the fat Turley btls, three were stored upside down to fit in the case. The ones standing upright had no signs of ullage and the corks were solid but cam out intact. These two upside-downers also had no signs of ullage or leakage and were solid in the btl. But the corks totally crumbled into pieces when extracted w/ an Ah-So and a corkscrew. Go figure.
Thus endeth my '94 Turley holdings on a not-so-great note. Looked at that '10 Carlisle Zin Papera chirping out "open me/open me", but resisted its blandishments, declared defeat, ate my samwich, and went to bed.
Tom