Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2022 (750ml)

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Price: $134.99

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Producer	Williams Selyem
Country	United States
Region	California
Subregion	Sonoma County
Varietal	Pinot Noir
Vintage	2022
Sku	108940
Size	750ml

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Winemakers Notes

Brooding and darker in profile compared to the Russian River Valley bottling, the Sonoma Coast is a completely different animal. Plum, dried herbs and savory undertones complete the darker aromatic profile. Full bodied at the entry, the palate becomes saturated with flavors of plum and brambly fruits. The mid-palate weight is compelling, and the firmness of the tannins seem to melt to the extract of the wine. The palate is then refreshed with enough acidity that carries the wine to the finish with a lingering hint of a sous bois character.

Harvest Notes

The 2022 growing season experienced epic drought conditions, with the first half of the calendar year being one of the driest on record. Most of the rainfall came in November and December, saturating the soil, and setting the stage for the early part of the year. With a full soil moisture profile and moderate temperatures in the early spring, bud break started around historical average. Many frost nights ensued, which impacted early season growth and slowed down shoot elongation, creating some unevenness. The cool period in and around flowering further prolonged the flowering cycle and created a wide degree of variability. The unsettled weather in general ranged from cool temperatures to occasional rain showers to a freak hailstorm in early May. The remainder of the season was thankfully moderate, and harvest started on historical average in early August. The key to success in 2022 was the selective thinning of shoots and fruit to reduce the variation, tightening the window of ripening. Due to the complexities of the growing season, the wines show excellent structure and verve, with typical site specificity, and all in all a terrific vintage with aging potential.

Harvest Notes

CRITIC ACCLAIM

95 points, Wine Enthusiast
Redolent of sweet cinnamon, clove and crushed black cherries, this Pinot packs an aromatic wallop. The palate is fresh and energetic, with an acidity that feels less linear and more chaotic in the best possible way, bouncing around the tannic grip and careening into dark cherry flavors at random. Extremely pleasurable now, this will evolve nicely over the next two decades. - T.R.C.

93 points, Wine Spectator

This sports delicious mulberry and boysenberry preserve flavors, offering dashes of fig, anise and licorice. Showy on the fruit, with tension on the apple wood-accented finish for balance. Drink now through 2031. - J.M.