125th Anniversary Zinfandel
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Braised beef short ribs, grilled spiced lamb chops, wood-fired wild boar sausage pizza
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted as a milestone commemorative bottling, this cuvée draws fruit from historic, benchland head-trained vines across premier Sonoma County sites including Dry Creek and Alexander Valleys. Well-drained gravelly loam soils and wide diurnal shifts foster concentrated phenolic ripeness paired with natural acidity. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled open-top stainless steel tanks with regular punch-downs, followed by maturation in a combination of French and American oak barrels (roughly 15 to 20% new) to frame the core of brambly fruit with structured wood tannins.
🍾 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 (typically blended with a small percentage of Petite Sirah)
🍷 ABV
14.8%