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 Zinfandel ‘Pesenti’ 2022
15.5% abv
This certified organic estate-owned vineyard was planted in the 1920s on ancient marine calcareous soils. Though the vines are head-trained and dry-farmed, the soil plays the most important role in distinguishing this vineyard on the west side of Paso Robles. The wines have a brightness, with chalk and floral characteristic aromas unique to the site, and to Zinfandel in general.
80% used oak, 20% new; 80% French oak, 20% American Aging: 15 months in barrel
“Medium ruby in the glass, the 2022 Zinfandel Pesenti Vineyard is refined and pure on the nose, leading with varietally classic aromas of yellow peach, wild red berry jam, touches of woodsmoke and tomato leaves and a mix of earth-driven, evergreen aromas. The palate clearly shows its warm-climate origins with its rich, concentrated, explosively perfumed red fruit Flavors. It admirably retains precision despite this massive frame and is lined with fine-grained, generous tannins. The finish is led by peachy, fruit-driven perfume with just enough tangy acidity to prop up the long, juicy finish that calls you back to the glass.” 2025 – 2036
95 points, Matthew Luczy, Wine Advocate, Jun 2024
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2022 | California | Carignan/e (Mazuelo) | Cinsault | Duty Paid | North America | Paso Robles | Red | Still | Trousseau / Bastardo | Turley Wine Cellars | USA | Wine | Zinfandel- Reference #:
- 22180
- Strength
- 15.5 ABV
- Bottles per Case
- 6 bottles
- Grapes
- Carignan/e (Mazuelo), Cinsault, Trousseau / Bastardo, Zinfandel
- Organic
- Yes
- Biodynamic
- No
- Vegan
- Yes
- Vegetarian
- Yes
- Sparkling
- No
