2003 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Ferrington Vineyard
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The deep ruby/purple-tinged, medium-bodied 2003 Pinot Noir Ferrington Vineyard reveals terrific fruit on the attack, followed by tart acidity, and notes of cherries, damp earth, and blueberries. This vintage has turned out well for Williams-Selyem, and it is best drunk over the next 5-8 years. Tel. (707) 433-6425; Fax (707) 433-6546
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Deep, bright ruby. Sappy aromas of crushed berries, kirsch and licorice. Sweet, dense and rather muscular, with wild flavors of blackberry and blueberry. A concentrated, distinctly masculine wine with terrific inner-palate energy. Finishes long and youthfully aggressive. This makes the Weir Vineyard wine seem open-knit by comparison. I'd give this a good five or six years in the cellar.
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.