Turley Wine Cellars is a second-generation family winery that has the reputation for producing the finest Zinfandels in California from small parcels of extremely old, dry-farmed vines. Larry Turley with his director of winemaking, Tegan Passalacqua, continue to produce a fantastic range of wines from some of California’s oldest, headpruned, dry-farmed Zinfandel vineyards. Along with Larry’s daughters, they have managed to persuade the owners of some of California’s finest old vineyards to let them take total control of viticulture; farming organically, reducing yields to extremely low levels and picking earlier to retain acidity.

Turley Wine Cellars ‘Kirschenmann’ Zinfandel 2018
15.5% abv
Now in its second iteration, the Kirschenmann is particularly close to the team’s hearts as their Winemaker, Tegan Passalacqua, owns and farms this vineyard. The ungrafted vines were planted in 1915 in the silica-rich sandy soils of the east side of the Mokelumne River AVA.
Thanks to the river’s cool waters and delta breezes, these head-trained, dry-farmed vines are constantly protected from the heat. In the grand tradition of old-vine field blends, the vineyard has small amounts of Mondeuse, Cinsault, and Carignane.
“The 2018 Zinfandel Kirschenmann is a perfect example of what makes this vintage so appealing. Always a lighter, rather perfumed wine, the Kirschenmann has striking mid-palate sweetness and depth, both of which round the wine out beautifully. Ripe blueberry, mint and spice notes all run through this racy, expressive Zinfandel.”
(92 – 94) Points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, September 2019
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2018 | California | Carignan/e (Mazuelo) | Cinsault | Duty Paid | Lodi | Mondeuse Noire | North America | Red | Still | Turley Wine Cellars | USA | Wine | Zinfandel- Reference #:
- 24587
- Strength
- 15.5 ABV
- Bottles per Case
- 12 bottles
- Grapes
- Carignan/e (Mazuelo), Cinsault, Mondeuse Noire, Zinfandel
- Organic
- Yes
- Biodynamic
- No
- Vegan
- Yes
- Vegetarian
- Yes
- Sparkling
- No
