Williams Selyem Precious Mountain Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013
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Pristine, cherry-like fruit is teamed with neatly placed oak in a way that makes for fine first impressions here, yet for all of the wine’s varietal precision and considerable fruity charm, it is framed by enough slightly piquant acidity to wind up a touch tart and nervy. That said, its essential fruit is both constant and quite deep, and it is structured to grow. It is far more than a pretty face, and we would lobby for no less than three or four years of age.
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From one of the famous iconic sites associated with Williams Selyem, juicy black and red currants, cherries, crushed rock and spice jump from the glass of the dark ruby 2013 Pinot Noir Precious Mountain Vineyard. It is medium to full-bodied, still tannic and youthful, and a likely candidate for improvement over the next 5-6 years. Moreover, it should last 15 or more. Rating: 91+
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Williams Selyem Winery began as a simple dream of two friends, Ed Selyem and Burt Williams, who pursued weekend winemaking as a hobby in 1979 in a garage in Forestville, California, and made their first commercial vintage in 1981. In less than two decades, Burt and Ed created a cult-status winery of international acclaim. Together they set a new standard for Pinot Noir winemaking in the United States, aligning Sonoma County's Russian River Valley in the firmament of the best winegrowing regions of the world. Today John and Kathe Dyson, who purchased the winery from Burt and Ed in 1998, carry on the passion for Pinot Noir winemaking without compromise. As for the wines... they just keep getting better and better.
The Sonoma Coast AVA is large in area but, not counting overlapping regions like Russian River Valley, only has a few thousand acres of grapevines—and it’s no wonder. Much of the region is rugged and not easily accessible. Its proximity to the Pacific Ocean’s fog and cool breezes limits the varieties that can be cultivated, but it proves to be an ideal environment for high quality Pinot Noir.
Since fog is a frequent fact of life here, as are heavy marine layers that sometimes bring rain, the best vineyards are wisely planted above the fog line, on picturesque ridges that capture enough sun to provide even ripening. That, with the overnight drop in temperature that reliably preserves acidity, results in fine expressions of Pinot Noir that often receive tremendous critic and consumer praise alike, and are often in high demand.