One of the historic producers of outstanding Zinfandel, Seghesio family has been involved in wine for more than 120 years. In 1895 Italian immigrant and winemaker Edoardo Seghesio planted his first Zinfandel vineyard in what is now Seghesio’s Home Ranch Vineyard in Sonoma County’s Alexander Valley. Edoardo and his wife Angela survived Prohibition as one of roughly100 wineries to survive that era. Following prohibition, Seghesio sold bulk wine and it was only under 4th generation owner, Ted Seghesio when a focus on premium wines evolved. In a short period of time in the 1990s, Seghesio became synonymous with some of the highest quality Zinfandel available on the retail market. Their success led to the 2011 sale of Seghesio Family Vineyards to Crimson Wine Group.
Today their wines are as good as ever. I love the new 2021 Seghesio ‘Home Ranch’ Barbera (OB, 92) which is very juicy and delicious with its core of blue fruits. Even better is the fantastic 2021 Seghesio ‘Rockpile’ Zinfandel (OB, 93) which shows great tension and flavor density. Learn more about these outstanding Zinfandel wines at seghesio.com and here are the beautiful new wines by Seghesio.
2021 Seghesio ‘Home Ranch Vineyard’ Barbera- Coming from the Alexander Valley, this unique Barbera bottling displays concentrated blueberry fruit flavors on the palate, with tobacco leaf and milk chocolate notes. Seriously good, with lovely viscosity and texture, enjoy this over the next five to seven years. Drink 2023-2029- 92
2021 Seghesio ‘Rockpile’ Zinfandel- This 2021 bottling comes from the Rockpile AVA where low yielding vines are set against the mountain. Neatly textured, this displays ripe boysenberry preserves, black tea and Yakima cherry flavors alongside good tension. The stony undertones intense, as this is really enjoyable Zinfandel to consume now. Drink 2023-2033- 93
2021 Seghesio ‘Keyhole Ranch Vineyard’ Zinfandel- This 2021 Zinfandel comes from the Keyhole Ranch with is located in the Russian River Valley. Fresh and soft on the mouth, this shows dill and bramble notes alongside red raspberry and red cherry flavors. Soft and generous, this is beautiful wine to enjoy over the next eight plus years. Drink 2023-2031- 92