Seghesio Family Vineyards
2011 Alexander Valley Sangiovese
Sangiovese •Seghesio Family Vineyards
California: Sonoma County: Alexander Valley
Mission Briefing
The 120 Club
Today’s Seghesio Family Vineyards 2011 Alexander Valley Sangiovese is a fantastic expression of the extraordinary Italian Sangiovese grape. As with its Italian counterpart, today’s Sangiovese is a wine that is made for enjoying with a great meal. There is also plenty of juicy red fruit to be enjoyed here.
The Seghesio Family is one of Sonoma County’s longest-standing winemaking families. They planted their first vineyards in 1885 - and for five generations they’ve been perfecting their art of grape growing and winemaking. Today’s wine is a great reminder of just how good Seghesio’s wine can be.
At today’s special price, we recommend this wine as one to stock up on. We’ll be keeping a few cases on hand for company dinners and fall and winter celebrations.
Tasting Profile
| Look: | Dark crimson with a slighty opaque heart. At the edges, a fine ring of ruby cuts an elegant circle around the wine. |
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| Smell: | Dark fruit reduction of black cherry, blackberry, plum and cranberry with dusty bramble, pencil shavings, flint, cedar and fine white pepper. |
| Taste: | Bing cherry juice, raspberry and young strawberry with black cherry, underripe blackberry, cedar, baker’s chocolate with subtle hints of cinnamon and black pepper. |
| Finish: | Long and full of juicy red fruit flavors that go on and on for a very long time. |
| Pairing: | Are you kidding? Pasta with meat sauce all the way with this food-fantastic pairing buddy! |
What the Winery Says
- Winemaker
- Andy Robinson
- Appellation
- Alexander Valley
- Varietal
- 100% Sangiovese
- Vintage
- 2011
- Vineyard
- Seghesio Family Vineyard
- Harvest Date
- September, 2011
- Aging
- 15 months
- Barels
- 100% French oak (20% new)