Super Zin

Turley Old Vine Zinfandel 2008 (Napa, USA)

With a fine dinner at the excellent Old Bell Inn, Hurley. Heavy, styled bottle. Dark but not impenetrable ruby. Open nose of black fruit and touch of kirsch. Palate is big and bold, lots of primary fruit but not confected. Weighty glycerin and hot, but not as hot as one might expect for 15.5% alc. Structured, but light on acidity. Needed a fine medium rare rump steak to do it justice. This is a serious Zin, reminds me of lighter vintages of Ridge but a little more turbocharged. I'd be fascinated to see what this tasted like in another few years, can't quite work out which way this will go. I could almost forgive the 125% restaurant mark up. 16.5+/20.