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2017 Williams Selyem Coastlands Vineyard Pinot Noir

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RATINGS

96Vinous / IWC

Super-ripe black cherry, blackberry, mint, lavender and dark spice notes infuse a flamboyant, arrestingly beautiful Pinot loaded with personality.

94Jeb Dunnuck

...earthy, meaty effort with attractive currant and mulberry fruit as well as plenty of forest floor, earth, and a marine-like salinity and minerality...medium-bodied, seamless, elegant wine in the lineup with loads to love.

93The Wine Advocate

...notions of tar, loamy earth, wet bark and moss, slowly blossoming to dried blueberries, black cherries, oolong tea, dried violet and meaty/peppery hints...light to medium-bodied and earthy with pleasant woodsmoke and tobacco character, seamlessly woven tannic grain and freshness, finishing long.

PRODUCER

Williams Selyem

Williams Selyem was founded in 1981 when Ed Selyem and Burt Williams, friends who shared winemaking as a hobby, decided to make a commercial vintage. The men were neighbors in the Russian River Valley with full time jobs that were unrelated to winemaking. Nevertheless they purchased grapes and made Zinfandel, then single-vineyard Pinot Noir. Williams Selyem Pinots quickly earned a cult following. In 1998 the founders sold the winery to John and Kathe Dyson, former customers with backgrounds in wine production and business. The winemaker is John Cabral. Though the estate is best known for Pinot Noir, it also makes Chardonnay and Zinfandel. Says Robert M. Parker Jr: “The overall style of Williams Selyem Pinots remains one of elegant, high-acid wines that can age….”

TYPE

Red Wine, Pinot Noir

This red wine is relatively light and can pair with a wide variety of foods. The grape prefers cooler climates and the wine is most often associated with Burgundy, Champagne and the U.S. west coast. Regional differences make it nearly as fickle as it is flexible.

VINTAGE

2017 Williams Selyem Coastlands Vineyard Pinot Noir