date:Dec 26, 2012
ear the base of Mount Veeder.
Their Blocks 7 22 bottle will be a pleasure in another year, but right now the Block 28, grown on thin Boomer soils, shows a density and berryish tang, matched to heady blue-plum flavors, almost like slivovitz brandy, and a dry-bark edge.
2010 Turley Wine Cellars Rattlesnake Ridge Howell Mountain Zinfandel ($40, 16.1%): Larry Turley has a fond spot for this site high up in the northeastern corner of Howell Mountain, and this is Turley doing what it does best.
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