2015 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Bucher Vineyard
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Smoky bark permeates the nose in this wine from a site along Westside Road in the heart of the appellation. While brooding in black cherry and strawberry flavors, it's also stemmy and earthy, with an underlying succulence and flashing acidity that makes it juicy and delicious. — Virginie Boone
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The 2015 Pinot Noir Bucher Vineyard is wild, feral and gamy. Some readers may find pleasure in this powerful, animalistic style of Pinot. I can't say that I do.
The medium ruby-purple colored 2015 Pinot Noir Bucher Vineyard opens with pronounced stems/fragrant herbs notes over a core of kirsch, warm mulberries and rhubarb plus touches of cinnamon stick and underbrush. Medium-bodied and super intense in the mouth, it has firm, chewy tannins and bright acidity lifting the herbal and savory flavors to a very long finish. 522 cases produced.
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.