2012 Pinot Noir Coastlands Vineyard
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The 2012 Pinot Noir Coastlands Vineyard’s zesty acids give it a clipped, medium-bodied mouthfeel. It has some attractive underlying strawberry and cherry fruit, but this is clearly another red fruit-scented and flavored Pinot with high acids as well as a narrowly constructed mouthfeel. Drink it over the next 4-5 years. Tel. (707) 433-6425
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Vivid ruby. Smoky cherry and dark berries on the deeply pitched, highly aromatic nose. Powerful black raspberry and Indian spice flavors stain the palate, picking up a suave floral pastille nuance with air. The smoky note comes back on the youthfully tannic, incisive finish, which lingers with serious tenacity and appealing sweetness.
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.