HISTORY

As our Amador winery is located on Bell Road, we named this wine for the eponymous (and notorious) Judge Bell, who presided over the nearby town of Plymouth during its Gold Rush heyday. Harking from own-rooted vines planted in 1907, the wine shows quintessential Amador granitic tannins and briary fruits.

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DETAILS

• AVA: Amador County

• Sub-AVA: Shenandoah Valley

• Soil: Granitic, volcanic

• Elevation: 1,500’

• Plantings: 1907

• Varieties: Zinfandel

• Viticulture: Own-rooted, head-trained, dry-farmed, hand harvested

• Fermentation: Native yeast

• Barrels: 80% used oak, 20% new, 80% French oak, 20% American

• Aging: 15 months in barrel

• Bottled unfined and unfiltered

• First Turley Vintage: 2011

• Serving Temp: 55-60ºF

• Release: Fall

• Accessibility: Limited, Members and tasting rooms