2003 Williams Selyem Zinfandel Feeney Vineyard
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My favorite 2003 Zinfandel is the Feeney Vineyard, an opaque purple-tinged effort offering an explosive bouquet of blackberries, currants, crushed rocks, underbrush, and incense. Deep, full-bodied, rich, and layered, with spectacular concentration as well as length, this 160-case blockbuster should drink well for 5-7 years. Tel. (707) 433-6425; Fax (707) 433-6546
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(15.8% alcohol; includes 5% alicante bouschet) Saturated medium ruby. Crystallized black fruits, caramelized sugar and mission fig on the nose; smells like a jellied fruit candy. Then almost painfully intense in the mouth, with very pure flavors of candied dark fruits. Finishes with explosive length. An extraordinarily primary zinfandel that needs, and should reward, seven or eight years of aging.
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.