2013 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Foss Vineyard
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The 2013 Pinot Noir Foss Vineyard is tasty, but it is also a bit simple and one-dimensional next to the other wines in the range. There is good up-front energy and explosiveness, but things tail off rather quickly after that. The Foss will offer fine drinking over the next handful of years.
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The 2013 Pinot Noir Foss Vineyard has a very deep ruby color (one of the more saturated of the 2013 Pinot Noirs, which all possess very good color). This wine offers loads of plum, black cherry and earth, medium to full body, beautiful ripeness, and good, crisp acids. Interestingly enough, this is one of the lowest in alcohol, yet it is certainly concentrated. Drink it over the next 10+ years.
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.