2021 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Terra De Promissio Vineyard
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This pulls you in with a beautiful array of mulberry, damson plum and black cherry notes, which have lushness combined with underlying tension. Shows ornate anise, rooibos tea and potpourri scrollwork along the edges, giving this superior range and detail. Very enticing now, but I want to see this age a bit. Best from 2024 through 2032. 752 cases made.
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Audrey Frick, jebdunnuck.com
Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate
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From this site within the Petaluma Gap that was planted in 2002, the 2021 Pinot Noir Terra De Promissio Vineyard is savory and lifted with scorched earth, medicinal herbs, and black raspberry. Medium to full-bodied, with a compact mid-palate, good tension, and fine tannins, its notes of ripe red cherry and brushy herbs make for a lovely, savory wine. Drink 2025-2040.
The 2021 Pinot Noir Terra de Promissio Vineyard comes from vines planted in 2002 and was matured for 15 months in 63% new oak. It's expressive and complex this vintage, offering layers of fruit, spice and earth. Pale ruby in the glass, the nose is bursting with scents of pomegranate, rhubarb and cranberry and wafts of rooibos tea leaves, licorice, tobacco and underbrush. Medium-bodied and harmoniously structured, the palate features concentrated, nuanced fruit and a very long finish with alluring streaks of spice. 752 cases were made.
The iron and oyster shell character in the nose comes through with aromas of strawberry. Lavender and other flowers. Full-bodied with very firm tannins and an intensity. Closed off at the end. Shows verve. Yet shy now. Better in four or five years.
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.