2011 Seghesio Family Vineyards Zinfandel Cortina

Community Tasting Notes (35) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  7/15/2021 - zinmaster Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Nose is light and musty. Dark garnet. Fruit is almost gone but still there. Do not hold drink now if you habe some not holding well.

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  5/1/2021 - RichardsEric1 wrote: 92 Points

  So I am bit biased with this wine. For several reasons. As a wine rep I had the distinct honor of working with Pete Seghesio 2 times in my market. Then I met him and his family at the winery. Including his 92 year grandmother. After 1 hour of slide shows and old photo albums we opened old bottles of Venom and barbera. Those were her favs....
  2nd. My wife and I named our favorite Brittany spaniel, Cortina. She was so special to us. At 11 years of age and being a zinfandel I had expected it to be soft, alcoholic, and lacking life. However what emerged was a delightful and extremely enjoying wine.
  
  Color. Pure garnet. Like the best expression of garnet in a long time.
  
  Nose. Sweetened raspberry compote all the way. With a touch of cinnamon, clove, and brambles.
  
  Taste. It's alcoholic to a point, about 20 seconds, then the tannins and acidity show up to balance out the finish. It's like a Russian River PN on steroids. A real treat.
  
  This wine is at it's peak is not going reward additional cellar time. But for now, it's singing.

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  6/2/2020 - jmcafee Likes this wine:

  Rich and smooth, lots of cherry, with silky and well-aged tannin. Peaking in the drinking window, but can still age out through 2022.

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  6/11/2019 - pgm wrote: 91 Points

  Shows off on the nose, where it’s got peppery and funky zin spices over black fruit. It’s a little sharp at first, but with an hour or so in the air, it adds depth and roundness with nice sweet-toned blackberry fruit and an orange peel note that lingers through the long finish.
  
  Started to write an 88 point review, but while I slowly wrote it and finished the last glass, it changed much to the better. Give it some time in the air on opening. Drinking nicely now, and in the next 3 to 5 years.

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  2/3/2018 - e-r.portzline Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dried blueberries on the nose and palate, not overwhelming; just right. Allspice, bergamot, tobacco, sawdust flavors persist to a long finish with dried blueberries at the very end. Really nice wine. Drinking perfectly right now...just as I opened the last one! Darn.

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