2001 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Russian River Valley
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(nearly half of this wine is from estate fruit; 40% new oak) Good deep red-ruby. Cool aromas of blackberry, plum, violet and spices. Tightly wound and lively in the mouth, with berry flavors complicated by dark chocolate, espresso and spicy oak. Offers good inner-mouth energy. Finishes with serious, oak-driven tannins that call for a few years of patience.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Good bright ruby-red. Strawberry, blackberry, plum, lead pencil, dark chocolate and a rose petal note on the nose. Then juicy and tight in the mouth, distinctly less sweet today than the Central Coast bottling. High-pitched flavors of dark berries and violet. Finishes with more apparent tannins. This was bottled more recently.
About the producer
Williams Selyem is an iconic Russian River Valley winery best known for its Pinot Noir. Producing restrained yet classically Californian expressions of the heartbreak grape (as well as a host of other wines), the property has gone from pioneer to one of the region’s standard-bearers.