Is California Zinfandel Underrated? (Discover California Zins, Cult wine, Turley, rich, juicy, and velvety red wines, a must-know wine)

The Wine Pair Podcast

California Cabernet Sauvignon gets all the attention, but a good California Zinfandel is a thing of beauty! Often overlooked and definitely underrated, when done well, Zinfandel is a velvety, rich, complex, juicy, food friendly wine. All that being said, there are some California Zinfandels that give their brothers and sisters a bad name, and we want to help you find the good ones and avoid the bad ones. Zinfandel is one of the oldest wine grape varietals grown in California, and many of the old vine Zinfandels are more than 100 years old! In this episode, we put a couple of reasonably priced and easy to find California old vine Zinfandels head-to-head with a Turley wine that is also reasonably priced to see how they stack up. If you don’t know Turley wine, they are definitely a winemaker that anyone who considers themselves a wine fan should seek out. Known as a cult wine, they make stunning wines that will impress you, and your friends. For a bit of a sneak peek, one of the ones we tasted compared well to the Turley, and one of them should be off of your wine list forever! Listen to our brutally honest reviews, and learn a bit more about California Zin. Wines reviewed in this episode: 2019 Turley Juvenile Zinfandel, 2021 Gnarly Head Old Vine Zin, and 2019 7 Deadly Zins Old Vine Zinfandel.

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פרקים

1. Introduction, and a story about how we fell in love with California Zinfandel (00:00:00)

2. Why is California Zinfandel Underrated? (00:09:25)

3. California Zinfandel Wines We Chose for This Episode (00:17:08)

4. Turley Juvenile Zinfandel Wine Tasting, Pairing, and Review (00:24:05)

5. Gnarly Head Old Vine Zin Wine Tasting, Pairing, and Review (00:29:58)

6. 7 Deadly Zins Old Vine Zinfandel Wine Tasting, Pairing, and Review (00:35:30)

7. Taste profile expected from California Zinfandel (00:42:12)

8. Outro and how to find The Wine Pair Podcast (00:44:30)