2013 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Bucher Vineyard
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Once again, the Pinot Noir Bucher Vineyard is one of the most distinctive wines in the range. Game, iran and a host of feral/savory nates take center stage, while the fruit is pushed more into the background. There is good depth to the fruit, but also a certain rusticity that is impossible to fully escape. The Bucher is the most animal of Williams Selyem's 2013 Pinots.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2013 Pinot Noir Bucher Vineyard displays good, tart sweet and sour cherry, some strawberry and currant. It is medium-bodied, pleasant, and best drunk over the next 7-8 years.
This is beautifully lilting in preciously defined aromas of rose petal and wild strawberry. From there, it's all subtlety and ethereal elegance. The wine is restrained, nurtured in a basket of nutmeg and graham cracker, as well as freshly packed mushroomy earth. This wine is a stunner right out of the glass, but is sure to continue its fine course through 2022–2025. — Virginie Boone
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.