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 Vintage2021 Label 1 of 38 
TypeRed
ProducerSeghesio Family Vineyards (web)
VarietyBarbera
DesignationEstate
VineyardHome Ranch
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionSonoma County
AppellationAlexander Valley
UPC Code(s)088254758915

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2023 and 2028 (based on 4 user opinions)

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 86 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by wtianseter on 5/3/2024 & rated 92 points: This is an elegant Barbera with big blackberry and plum in a smooth mouth. It is big but easy-drinking. My wife made it well known, she likes it. (98 views)
 Tasted by Abit2011 on 12/15/2023 & rated 61 points: Not my favorite. Juicy. Lacking depth. Dry finish. (463 views)

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By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (9/19/2023)
(Seghesio Family Vineyards Barbera Alexander Valley Home Ranch Vineyard, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text.
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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.

Barbera

Varietal character (Appellation America)
Varietal character (Wikipedia German)
Varietal character (Wikipedia English)
Barbera is a red wine variety, originally from Italy, which is best known as the second-most important Piedmontese variety after Nebbiolo. The wines made of this grape are mainly the everyday drinking wines of the region. The main appellations producing Barbera are Asti and Alba.

Barbera - The most widely grown red wine grape of Piedmont and Southern Lombardy, most famously around the towns of Asti and Alba, and Pavia. The wines of Barbera were once simply "what you drank while waiting for the Barolo to be ready." With a new generation of wine makers, this is no longer the case. The wines are now meticulously vinified, aged Barbera gets the name "Barbera Superiore" (Superior Barbera), sometimes aged in French barrique becoming "Barbera Barricato", and intended for the international market. The wine has bright cherry fruit, a very dark color, and a food-friendly acidity.

Estate

In the United States, "Wines with “estate bottled” designations must: a) also designate an appellation of origin or an AVA, and both the vineyards and the winery must be located there; b) the grapes must come from vineyards owned or controlled by the winery; and c) the wine must have been produced, from crush to bottle, in a continuous process without leaving the winery’s premises."

- WINE LABEL FAQS: A QUICK SUMMARY OF LABEL DESIGNATION RULES" by David E. Stoll

Home Ranch

On weinlagen.info

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

Sonoma County

Mendocino County

Alexander Valley

Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia

 
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