2011 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Vista Verde Vineyard
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The 2011 Pinot Noir Vista Verde Vineyard is one of the darker, firmer wines in this range. A wine of considerable structure, the 2011 could use another 6-12 months for the tannins to soften. Dark cherries, plums, mocha, new leather and spices flesh out in an inviting, dense wine. This is a decidedly imposing, virile style of Pinot, but all the elements are in the right place.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Ruby-red. Candied cherry, Asian spices, fresh flowers and cocoa powder on the highly perfumed nose, along with a touch of sexy oak spices. Juicy, energetic and focused, offering sweet red fruit and rose pastille flavors that gain weight in the glass. Shows impressive power and clarity on the long, palate-staining finish. For such a potent wine there's real finesse here.
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.