Turnbull Wine Cellars

Prior to this trip, I can honestly say that Turnbull wine has never even been on my radar screen.  I had heard of it but had never tasted it.  One of the members of our group loves Turnbull so we made a reservation and headed on over.  

The owner of the winery has what must be one of the largest (if not THE largest) Ansel Adams collections in existence.  It is amazing.  After making our way through the gallery, we were escorted next door to start tasting some wine.

Burroughs and Abigail had the great fortune of handling our tasting.  Let's just say we'd had a little wine before arriving (actually a lot) so they had their hands full.  

The grapes for Turnbull wines come from 4 vineyards - Turnbull Vineyard, Fortuna Vineyard, Leopoldina Vineyard and Amoenus Vineyard.  We tried the Sauvignon Blanc, Cabs from the different vineyards, a wonderful Merlot and their 2009 Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon that just received a 95 point rating from Wine Enthusiast.

All of the wine we tasted was very good.  The Black Label Cab was excellent.  However, what really stood out for me was the 2008 Fortuna Merlot.  We bought 6 bottles and shipped them home.  It retails for $55/bottle.  

I hope Burroughs and Abigail have recovered from our group of tipsy Texans.  They took us on a terrific tour and were great sports.  Of course, our group also bought an obscene amount of wine from them so hopefully it was worth it!