125th Anniversary Zinfandel
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍷 Vintage Profile
The 2020 growing season in Sonoma County commenced with a warm, dry winter followed by mild spring conditions, prompting early budbreak and optimal flowering across Dry Creek and Alexander Valley vineyards. Summer brought steady heat with wide diurnal swings that preserved natural acidity, but the season culminated in extreme late-summer heatwaves and wildfire challenges across Northern California, requiring rigorous sorting and swift early harvesting for Zinfandel blocks before excessive smoke exposure. Lots picked at optimal phenolic ripeness yielded generous blackberry fruit, firm structural tannins, and pronounced baking spice accents. Relative to 2026, this vintage is operating within its peak drinking window and should be enjoyed over the next 2 to 3 years.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Barbecued pork ribs, grilled lamb chops, wood-fired sausage pizza
✨ Technical Specifications
The 2020 125th Anniversary Zinfandel is a tribute to Sonoma County's premier terroirs, capturing the essence of a warm and fast-paced vintage. The 2020 growing season featured a hot summer that accelerated ripening, requiring precise harvest timing to preserve the grape's natural acidity and bright fruit profile. Sourced from select hillside and valley floor vineyards across Sonoma County, the vines thrive in well-drained gravelly loam soils. This vintage is characterized by concentrated aromas of wild blackberry, briar patch, and cracked black pepper. The wine was aged in a combination of French, American, and Hungarian oak barrels to integrate its robust tannins and add complex layers of baking spice and toasted wood.
🍾 About the Producer
Seghesio Family Vineyards was founded in 1895 when Italian immigrants Edoardo and Angela Seghesio planted their first Zinfandel vines at Home Ranch in Sonoma County's Alexander Valley. Surviving Prohibition as grape suppliers, the family later operated as a bulk wine powerhouse before radically reshaping production in the 1990s toward high-caliber estate bottlings. Now owned by Crimson Wine Group, the estate encompasses over 300 acres of certified sustainable vineyards spanning Alexander Valley, Dry Creek Valley, and Russian River Valley. These distinct parcels feature gravelly loam benches, rolling clay-loam hillsides, and benchlands framed by diurnal fog and cooling Pacific breezes. Guided by veteran winemaker Andy Robinson alongside multi-generational family leadership, Seghesio vinifies small vineyard-designated lots in stainless steel and neutral-to-seasoned French and American oak. Benchmark bottlings include the Cortina Zinfandel, Home Ranch Zinfandel, Old Vine Zinfandel, and commemorative cuvées alongside Italian heritage varieties like Sangiovese, Barbera, and Omaggio.
🍇 Grapes
Zinfandel
🍷 ABV
14.8%