2019 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard
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Tasting notes
The 2019 Pinot Noir Williams Selyem Estate Vineyard is a touch more introspective at first glance and warrants time in the glass to unfurl, when it gives way to sun-ripened cherry, sassafras, and violets. The palate has gripping structure with fresh acidity to match and reveals notes of cranberry cocktail, rocky earth, and fresh herbs. Give it a year or so to harmonize in bottle and drink it over the next 10 years.
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Audrey Frick, jebdunnuck.com
James Suckling
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A gorgeous floral bouquet of rose and lavender leads the way to a core of crisp pomegranate, crushed rock and black tea in this fresh, energetic wine. There's a distinct depth and sophistication to the texture and body, and a memorable citrus-like brightness that persists on the palate. — Virginie Boone
Taut, featuring a savory aroma and flavors of gunflint, dried damson plum and currant, with accents of dried blueberry carrying through to the end. The finish is accented by forest floor. Drink now through 2026. 800 cases made.
A pleasant mix of aromas of ripe red fruit and berries and earthy spice and bark. Medium-to full-bodied with velvety tannins. The harmony between dark fruit and spice continues on the palate, together with additional layers of wet-stone minerality. Very good intensity throughout the long finish. Really well done and refined. Drink after 2024.
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.