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 Vintage2016 Label 1 of 215 
TypeRed
ProducerSeghesio Family Vineyards (web)
VarietyZinfandel
Designationn/a
Vineyardn/a
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionSonoma County
AppellationSonoma County
OptionsShow variety and appellation
UPC Code(s)084692441549, 088144152724, 088254758724, 1080233758724, 3029230758724, 7340173303694

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2019 and 2023 (based on 45 user opinions)
Wine Market Journal quarterly auction price: See Seghesio Zinfandel on the Wine Market Journal.

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 89.7 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 342 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by jb@jbisme.com on 3/10/2024 & rated 90 points: Not too hot. Alcohol under 15. Big fruit. BBQ ribs wine. (319 views)
 Tasted by Bluecollar on 11/9/2023 & rated 90 points: Lots of red fruit and raspberries throughout that moves from sweet to dry and spicy on the lingering finish. (602 views)
 Tasted by jpkc on 2/1/2023 & rated 89 points: Decanted 2hr, fruit on the decline, drink up 88-89ish (1503 views)
 Tasted by joet626 on 11/19/2022 & rated 91 points: good. Solid Sonoma County Zin (1587 views)
 Tasted by syrahz on 10/3/2022 & rated 91 points: Hard to believe it's 14.8% alcohol. Smooth, zinny, great for sipping or with food. Opened for my wife's 74th.
We're up there in age and don't buy much pricey wine any more, so this is a real treat. (1763 views)
 Tasted by Obi-Wan Cannubi on 7/18/2022 & rated 88 points: Mørk rød.

Mye sødme på nesen med bringebær og kirsrbær, men likevel på den litt mer kjølige siden der det gis inntrykk av en viss friskhet. Ikke tung.

Smaken følger nesen, men med merkbar alkohol og en del mer fyldighet og noe peprete. Snev av kantarell(!) Bivoks og nokså bitter utgang. Lite tanniner - kun et snev.

God til barbecue. Ikke fullt så god å drikke alene. (1739 views)
 Tasted by joet626 on 3/10/2022 & rated 92 points: very good. Typical zin taste. Smooth (2308 views)
 Tasted by Laz4wine on 3/5/2022 & rated 91 points: Excellent again, even softer and silkier, WS93 review pretty much on point. (1783 views)
 Tasted by r4Cali on 2/5/2022 & rated 90 points: Served to guests at large dinner party (1718 views)
 Tasted by Jzizzle on 1/26/2022 & rated 90 points: Enjoyable; compared to other vintages, this strikes me as a bit deeper, richer, and with more sweet oak liqour. Still more elegant than most, but a softness that could be due to vintage or time in bottle. (1673 views)
 Tasted by DB Lawton on 12/18/2021 & rated 89 points: Consistent performer but overshadowed last night among wines with a bit more pedigree (1718 views)
 Tasted by tannictongue on 11/20/2021: Nice pepper Zin. Good blue fruit. Full bodied. Nice finish. (1642 views)
 Tasted by joet626 on 10/29/2021 & rated 91 points: very good. Nice berries. (1725 views)
 Tasted by JGA10902 on 10/9/2021 & rated 92 points: Just an extremely well made Zin at its’ peak. Very well balanced, good fruit and full bodied. Would drink this all the time. Good balance with lingering finish. (1697 views)
 Tasted by redz on 6/30/2021 & rated 90 points: Always dependable. Still a little hot, should improve with time. (2210 views)
 Tasted by Duce on 6/23/2021 & rated 92 points: Still drinking very well, dark berry fruit, white pepper (1895 views)
 Tasted by sprap1951 on 5/29/2021 & rated 91 points: Drinking really well. Good fruit and incredibly smooth. Had with BBQ ribs and it was outstanding. Two more bottles left, but doubt I can wait 10 years to drink. (1902 views)
 Tasted by aveeck on 5/24/2021 & rated 92 points: SO fruit forward with some complexity underne. Can't wait to see what this is like in 10 more years... (1969 views)
 Tasted by merlot78 on 5/23/2021 & rated 75 points: I enjoyed my previous bottles in 2020, but this bottle was different. It did not taste like zinfandel. Mostly tasteless with a lack of fruit and an awful after taste. (1846 views)
 Tasted by Laz4wine on 5/20/2021 & rated 90 points: Nice bramble-berry jam, spices, and licorice hit, smooth soft and easy finish, then suddenly the bottle was gone gone gone.... (1542 views)
 Tasted by Rudolph Schmidt on 5/3/2021: Decanted for 30m.

Rich, ripe dark fruits have been ever so slightly mellowed with age. Black pepper, cinnamon & star anise are backed by tannins & acid. (1634 views)
 Tasted by LenaLasse on 3/27/2021 & rated 90 points: Mycket god den 27 mars 2021. Dracks till grillad entrecote. (1768 views)
 Tasted by KaupCava on 3/22/2021 & rated 92 points: Juicy juice
Lots of spicey berries along with soft vanilla (1718 views)
 Tasted by Callybrian on 2/21/2021 & rated 90 points: Ash and smoke are prevalent throughout the nose and palate. This would go great with a good BBQ. (2046 views)
 Tasted by joet626 on 1/1/2021 & rated 92 points: Very good. Nice body, good fruit. Good mouthfeel and finish (2190 views)
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Seghesio Family Vineyards

Producer website
Begun in 1895 by our grandfather, Edoardo Seghesio. Seghesio Family Vineyards is a collection of estate vineyards in Sonoma County hand-farmed by our family for four generations.

Zinfandel

ZAP: Zinfandel Advocates & Producers | Varietal character (Appellation America) | Wikipedia-Zinfandel

USA

American wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.

California

2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson

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