2014 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Olivet Lane Vineyard
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Feral on the nose and palate, awash in cherry but also a savage garden of wild rose, this wine is precociously young. It expands slowly in the glass finally to unleash a ferocity of cranberry and raspberry. Drink 2018 through 2024. — Virginie Boone
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The 2014 Pinot Nair Olivet Lane Vineyard is quite closed today. Next to the other 2014s in this range, the Olivet Lane comes across as compact and a touch austere. Citrus notes add brightness to the red cherry and cranberry fruit, but the 2014 never seems to really open up. It will be interesting to see what happens with more time in bottle.
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.