This is a semi-transparent medium purple colored wine. The palate is very varietal and very typical of the Williams Selyem style. There's black cherry, blackberry, and raspberry on the palate. The consistency is fleshy and the body is medium. There's some bitterness on the finish that's not attributed to tannins. This wine exhibits simple complexity. It's very well made as is everything I've drunk from Williams Selyem, but it's not my favorite vineyard select from their portfolio. There exists some Burgundian qualities to this wine.
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This is a dull deep garnet colored wine. It was aerated into a decanter and poured 15 minutes later. This is a heavy bodied, concentrated wine with a persistent solid finish. The acidity is crisp, and the tannins are heavy and persistent. The flavors consist of plum, tea, licorice, and black pepper. There's a lot of stuff in here for $30. This is a good masculine wine.
We celebrated our friends 24th anniversary tonight at a steak restaurant. We opened the 2018 Mouton Rothschild along with a 2018 Haut-Brion. They were both opened and decanted at the restaurant. They spend about 30 minutes in the decanter while we finished some champagne. I like to make these top end wines compete, and this was a heavyweight battle. There were no surprises in terms of the flavor profiles of these two wines - both varietal. The Mouton was bigger and more tannic than the Haut-Brion. The Haut-Brion was very elegant and much more enjoyable at this early phase. The complexity of the Haut-Brion was a standout relative to the Mouton. There was an explosion of blackberry compote in the mid-palate of the Haut-Brion. Both wines will have a long shelf life, but the Haut-Brion is drinking better now. Mouton - 96 : Haut-Brion - 99
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2019 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Bucher Vineyard
5/21/2024 - DrELW Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is a semi-transparent medium purple colored wine. The palate is very varietal and very typical of the Williams Selyem style. There's black cherry, blackberry, and raspberry on the palate. The consistency is fleshy and the body is medium. There's some bitterness on the finish that's not attributed to tannins. This wine exhibits simple complexity. It's very well made as is everything I've drunk from Williams Selyem, but it's not my favorite vineyard select from their portfolio. There exists some Burgundian qualities to this wine.
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2016 Tenuta Bellafonte Montefalco Sagrantino Collenottolo
5/15/2024 - DrELW Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is a dull deep garnet colored wine. It was aerated into a decanter and poured 15 minutes later. This is a heavy bodied, concentrated wine with a persistent solid finish. The acidity is crisp, and the tannins are heavy and persistent. The flavors consist of plum, tea, licorice, and black pepper. There's a lot of stuff in here for $30. This is a good masculine wine.
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2018 Château Haut-Brion
5/11/2024 - DrELW Likes this wine: 99 Points
We celebrated our friends 24th anniversary tonight at a steak restaurant. We opened the 2018 Mouton Rothschild along with a 2018 Haut-Brion. They were both opened and decanted at the restaurant. They spend about 30 minutes in the decanter while we finished some champagne. I like to make these top end wines compete, and this was a heavyweight battle. There were no surprises in terms of the flavor profiles of these two wines - both varietal. The Mouton was bigger and more tannic than the Haut-Brion. The Haut-Brion was very elegant and much more enjoyable at this early phase. The complexity of the Haut-Brion was a standout relative to the Mouton. There was an explosion of blackberry compote in the mid-palate of the Haut-Brion. Both wines will have a long shelf life, but the Haut-Brion is drinking better now. Mouton - 96 : Haut-Brion - 99
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