Turley Wine Cellars (Paso Robles)

Turley Wine Cellars is the most nationally cult-allocated and most historically old-vine-Zinfandel-specifically-pioneering appointment in California. Larry Turley — the co-founder of Frog's Leap Winery whose personal obsession with sourcing fruit from California's most historically ancient and most individually old-vine-specifically-Zinfandel-planted vineyards (Dusi Ranch, Pesenti Vineyard, Juvenile, Hayne Vineyard, Dragon and other pre-Prohibition-era plantings) created the most nationally cult-Zinfandel-allocation-impossible and most historically old-vine-specifically-pioneering California wine appointment available — built a wine program as personally old-vine-Zinfandel-specifically-obsessively and most nationally cult-allocation-impossible as any American Zinfandel program.

The Turley old-vine Zinfandel sourcing philosophy — exclusively sourcing from vineyards planted before Prohibition (the most historically ancient and most individually old-vine-Zinfandel-specifically-planted California vines available, including Dusi Ranch's 1923 plantings and Pesenti Vineyard's even older pre-Prohibition Zinfandel) — produces the most individually old-vine-Zinfandel-specifically-historically-ancient and personally Larry-Turley-obsessively-old-vine-sourcing quality available from any California Zinfandel appointment.

Wine Advocate has consistently scored Turley's Dusi Ranch, Pesenti Vineyard, and estate Paso Robles old-vine Zinfandel at 92–97 points for the most individually old-vine-Zinfandel-specifically and personally Larry-Turley-obsessively-historically-ancient-vine-sourcing quality from the most nationally cult-allocation-impossible and most historically old-vine-Zinfandel-pioneering California wine appointment.