Went through 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007 Turley Hayne vineyard Zinfandel with mass quantities of baby back ribs cooked for the whole day.
1999 tired out quickly after opening, some dark fruit then a rosemary like nose with a short finish. Probably just too far out for a Zinfandel even from Turley.2001 Dark fruits, tobacco, some other smokiness I couldn't identify, still drinking well and nice wine
2006 Bright red fruits almost cranberry and spice, still tastes quite young and high alcohol noted 16.5 but not tasted in wine. Integrating well and will last another 5-7 years2007 WOTN dark fruits, big mouthfeel and dense wine with blueberry and cherry and black pepper in the mouth. This big boy will make 12-15 years.
With desserts Turley Port 6 bottles left of 2005. Quite nice though not mature yet and will need a few more years to integrate.
Someone was supposed to bring Turley Petit Syrah but had a mind fart and forgot to bring them. Brought 3 bottles of Domaine Carneros Brut rose. Nice refreshing starters but nothing terribly special about them but we were going with a Sonoma/Carneros day. Fun for all with 4 couples. Hope everyone had a great 4th.