Williams Selyem
Sonoma County Pinot Noir
Sonoma County, California, USA
Red fruits and light cocoa with floral nose. Very subtle and well balanced. Best California Pinot I’ve had in a while. Paired well with Christmas turkey.
Red fruits and light cocoa with floral nose. Very subtle and well balanced. Best California Pinot I’ve had in a while. Paired well with Christmas turkey.
Dec 31st, 2025
Nose after a week is very fruit forward, with juicy dark fruits, dark chocolate, violets, with notes of crushed blueberry, BBQ sauce, wet graham cracker and wet moss/grass amongst a redwood forest. Meaty palate, medium to full bodied, dark red/purple, with notes of iron, blood, dark figs, plum, and currant, with hints of pepper, herbs (rosemary or thyme?), and redwood with fig skin, shale and slight acidity on the finish.
Nose after a week is very fruit forward, with juicy dark fruits, dark chocolate, violets, with notes of crushed blueberry, BBQ sauce, wet graham cracker and wet moss/grass amongst a redwood forest. Meaty palate, medium to full bodied, dark red/purple, with notes of iron, blood, dark figs, plum, and currant, with hints of pepper, herbs (rosemary or thyme?), and redwood with fig skin, shale and slight acidity on the finish.
Jun 22nd, 2025Big rich pinot with some finesse however very heavy handed on the new oak. First note is vanilla. Like bottle of vanilla extract vanilla. Lots of beautiful pinot character is hidden underneath the oak. Of course this is super young but I feel like the other bottlings are lighter on the oak usage. Harping on this but I was slightly disappointed. Not bad whatsoever but my expectations were a lot higher for this.
Big rich pinot with some finesse however very heavy handed on the new oak. First note is vanilla. Like bottle of vanilla extract vanilla. Lots of beautiful pinot character is hidden underneath the oak. Of course this is super young but I feel like the other bottlings are lighter on the oak usage. Harping on this but I was slightly disappointed. Not bad whatsoever but my expectations were a lot higher for this.
Apr 29th, 2022
