Wine Spectator's #1 Value of the Year!
Wine Spectator's "Top 100" list gets all the attention, but that's not the only powerful ranking that they publish. In their February issue, Wine Spectator has released a list of the "Top 10 Values" of 2024, highlighting ten wines from "top-tier winegrowing regions" that "overdeliver on quality for the price."
Today, we bring you the #1 wine from that list! Read on for the details of this exceptionally delicious 93-Point, $17.99 Zinfandel - and for the #10 winner, a plush and ripe Carneros Chardonnay - then click the Big Yellow Button to get in on these overdelivering Wine Spectator picks!
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#1
Seghesio Sonoma County Zinfandel 2022
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Supple with a rush of soft juiciness, this medium-bodied throwback Zinfandel boasts yummy flavors of blackberry, black cherry, red plum, licorice, baking spice, and cracked pepper - all in a delightfully balanced, easy-drinking package. Winemaker Andy Robinson uses only 7% new American oak, a choice that simultaneously keeps the cost down and lets the pure, silky Zin flavors shine through!
Wine Spectator: 93 Points
“Sonoma County is the epicenter of California Zinfandel, and there are few wineries as synonymous with Sonoma Zin as Seghesio. The roots of the winery’s connection to the variety date back 130 years to when Italian immigrant Edoardo Seghesio planted his first vineyard in what is now Alexander Valley.Vivacious and briary, this Zin is generous with personality, offering blackberry, licorice and orange peel accents that zip along the zesty finish. Drink now through 2032.”
Pair with a heaping plate of ribs, Friday night pizza, or a medley of roasted veggies. Pure yum! Wine Spectator quotes $26, well within the $40 limit for their "Top Value" winners. We bring it to you today for 30% less!
$17.99
#10
Frank Family Carneros Chardonnay 2022
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A perfectly balanced Chardonnay with notes of ripe fruit, butter cookies, and a long finish. Pour next to some roasted chicken or a bowl of buttery popcorn and enjoy!
Wine Spectator: 92 Points
“If you find a winery that makes terrific single-vineyard expressions of Chardonnay, chances are that they also make a regional blend that’s a bit easier to find, carrying a more affordable price tag and representing a house style that’s consistent from year to year. Enter Frank Family Vineyards. Winemaker Todd Graff has made excellent Carneros Chardonnays from Lewis Vineyard and Beckstoffer Lake Vineyard. This stunning wine blends as many as 20 different sites, all from the Sonoma side of Carneros, including Las Amigas, and various blocks grown by the Sangiacomo family, including Green Acres and Catarina. Graff explains that the grapes are preselected for the regional blend from the get-go and are all treated the same before the final blending. Undergoing long, cool fermentations and plenty of lees stirring, they are barrel-fermented—a third in new French oak barrels and a third each in once- and twice-filled barrels—then aged for nine months before bottling.”
Wine Spectator quotes $40. As usual, our price is less!
$31.99
