2022 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Ferrington Vineyard
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The nose of the 2022 Pinot Noir Ferrington Vineyard is a kaleidoscope of strawberry, raspberry and wild cherry and nuances of garrigue, juniper, tea leaves and tobacco. The medium-bodied palate is just as generous, flooding the mouth with layer after layer of fragrant fruit, and the spice from its 16-month maturation in 56% new French oak is seamlessly integrated. Despite its concentration, it has a weightless feel due to its lacy tannins and vibrant acidity, and it boasts a very long, perfumed finish. 880 cases were made.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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Supremely fragrant in the glass, the 2022 Pinot Noir Ferrington Vineyard is highly expressive in rose, lavender, and dried herb, with a supple mid-palate and impressive length. The fruit is citrus-bright with enduring freshness adorned in enduring aromatics of rose petal and anise. Drink now through 2032. One of the pioneers of Sonoma County Pinot Noir, Williams Selyem also sources from the Anderson Valley, mainly Ferrington Vineyard, as well as from the Weir Vineyard in nearby Yorkville Highlands. Original founder Burt Williams planted the 40-acre Morning Dew Vineyard at high elevation just north of Philo in 1998, selling many vintages of grapes back to Williams Selyem over the years. The ranch was sold to Castello di Amorosa in the Napa Valley in 2015, but library vintages of the WS wines can sometimes be found.
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.