2022 | Turley Wine Kirschenmann Vineyard Zinfandel | Lodi Le Macchiole ripe plums and a touch

ripe plums and a touch of baked cherries

cedar and gravel

yellow peach and gentle yeast through the finish

All the oak is perfectly subsumed

this sees older French oak and is forward

2022 | Turley Wine Kirschenmann Vineyard Zinfandel | Lodi Le Macchiole ripe plums and a touchOwned by winemaker Tegan Passalacqua since 2012, this site was planted in 1915 on white sand soils on limestone bedrock. The 2022 Zinfandel Kirschenmann Vineyard opens with a slight reduction that gives way to ripe wild berries, dried orange peel, potpourri and tea leaves after significant aeration. The palate is medium bodied, plump and quite generous at this stage, leading to an elegant, sweet fruited and floral finish that begins on an evasive note