2014 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Terra De Promissio Vineyard
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Cherry and orange please the palate immediately, with a subversive note of peat and forest—it's a good commingling of fruit and exotic savory elements that remain memorable through the lengthy complexity of medium-bodied, velvety texture and weight. This wine is so good now it'd be hard to set it down, but it will reward cellaring, through 2024. — Virginie Boone
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The 2014 Pinot Noir Terra de Promissio is dark, fleshy and powerful. Juicy black cherries, tobacco, smoke, black olives and herbs take center stage. Pungent and also tannic, the 2014 is going to need a bit of time. Like all of these 2014s, though, the Terra de Promissio is super expressive. A host of mineral and saline notes round out the deep, resonant finish.
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.