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Score 94/100 · Erin Brooks, Wine Advocate, Dec 2019

Pale to medium ruby-purple, the 2016 Pinot Noir Allen Vineyard has a bright, open nose of Bing cherry, prosciutto, dried leaves, tricolored peppercorn, mushroom and blackberry with red berry sparks and rose petal perfume. Light to medium-bodied, it's open for business in the mouth, giving up a great interplay of earth and bright fruits. It's got a firm frame of chalky tannins and mouthwatering acidity, finishing very long and spicy. This is wonderful! With its more serious character and frame, this will require another couple of years in bottle at least. 290 cases produced.

Critic scores

Critic scores
93
93/100

Average Score

94
94+/100

Jeb Dunnuck

91
91/100

Antonio Galloni, Vinous

More reviews and scores

94+ points
Jeb Dunnuck
Score 94+/100 · Jeb Dunnuck, Jun 2019

The 2016 Pinot Noir Allen Vineyard has a beautiful bouquet of Bing cherry and cranberry fruit intermixed with subtle violets, damp forest floor, and candied orange peel. Classically styled, with medium-bodied depth and richness, it has a tight, vibrant texture, bright acidity, and present, ripe tannins. This is classic, age-worthy Russian River Pinot Noir that's going to be better in a year or three and keep for over a decade.

91 points
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Score 91/100 · Antonio Galloni, Vinous, Jul 2018

The 2016 Pinot Noir Allen Vineyard is pretty, open-knit and easy to enjoy young. Crushed flowers, tobacco, licorice and dried herbs all lift from the glass. The 2016 offers lovely depth and silkiness. Pinot can be deceptive, but my sense is that the Allen will peak a bit earlier than many of these 2016s given its mid-weight structure and slightly forward profile.

93+ points
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Score 93+/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, Mar 2018

(13.9% alcohol; bottled in January of this year; from grapes picked during the first week of August): Good dark red. Very primary scents of black raspberry and licorice, plus a whiff of exotic fruits. Wonderfully sweet, sappy and plush, with ripe acidity giving shape to the middle palate. I like the combination of sweetness and medicinal reserve. Not at all angular but in an in-between stage today and quite possibly in the process of shutting down in bottle. Finishes with firm but refined tannins and a lingering note of cocoa powder. Winemaker Mangahas compares this wine to the 2013 at the same stage of its development, in that the earlier wine was also a bit disjointed and slow to evolve. But the crop level was lower in 2016.

About the producer

William Selyem
Williams Selyem

Founded in 1981, Williams Selyem quickly established itself as a pioneer in California Pinot Noir, crafting small-lot, terroir-driven wines from some of Sonoma County’s most coveted vineyards.

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