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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.2 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 26 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Martysfo on 10/19/2022 flawed bottle: Too old (357 views) | | | Tasted by dtdiver on 6/13/2022 & rated 92 points: Still performing well, with tropical fruits and a nice acid balance to keep the fruit in check. It could hold for several more years under good cellar conditions. Fantastic wine. (345 views) | | | Tasted by vino_per_tutti on 6/28/2019 & rated 92 points: Golden color; a little syrupy in the glass. Tropical fruits, yeast, oak on the nose and palate. Right on the edge of cloying, but the acidity pulls it back just in time. This is drinking well at the moment. (816 views) | | | Tasted by Flyfishguy on 1/14/2019: Corked! (998 views) | | | Tasted by theunit on 7/6/2018 & rated 92 points: Drinking quite nicely (1185 views) | | | Tasted by kenthargis on 9/30/2017 & rated 88 points: This wine had an interesting evolution. Started very lean, tight, acidic, almost chablis like. Gradually opened up to show more tropical flavors and an easier mouthfeel. Still prefer some other chards from WS, but this was good. (1211 views) | | | Tasted by dlduchon on 10/8/2016 & rated 93 points: I have had a few disappointing WS chardonnays lately, but this one delivers with a balance of tropical fruits, oak, acid and not too overripe or overoaked. Delicious California Chardonnay that is not too much of anything that can be a problem for Cali Chards. (1676 views) | | | Tasted by Barry Notes on 8/18/2016 & rated 92 points: Comments similar to past note. (1269 views) | | | Tasted by brujazz on 7/15/2016 & rated 94 points: This was one of the best Chardonnays I've had in many years. Certainly the best Williams Selyem. Right at it's peak, it was perfectly balanced from bouquet through a long complex finish. Medium bodied with an elegant touch of butter and just the right amount of wood to add structure to the morphing flavors of pineapple, pears and vanilla. Great wine that clearly lives up to its Olivetti Lane pedigree. (1198 views) | | | Tasted by jazzop on 11/15/2015 & rated 83 points: Disclaimer: I am not a fan of Chard in any style other than dense, malolactic white Burgundy. So you know this is not going to go well...
I only buy the W-S chards because they are limited in number and to keep on hand for a gift or a rare food pairing. I opened this one for my mother's birthday. It was basically a flavorless beverage, although without any flaws or signs of a crappy chard (e.g., chemical-tasting oak chips). Maybe this is in a closed phase. I detected very little oak and no sign of malolactic fermentation. If you are capable of detecting subtleties from this grape, more power to you. I just can't get past the fact that for this money I could have had a great pinot instead...
Not for me. (1520 views) | | | Tasted by kkleg on 2/21/2015 & rated 94 points: Banana, creme brulee, lemon meringue, and wet stone on the nose. Meyer lemons, banana, and creme brulee on the palate, with nice buttery notes. Medium-long finish.
Drinking beautifully now, although it will hold for several years yet. (1539 views) | | | Tasted by BMCKIE99 on 12/25/2014 & rated 91 points: It is a very good time to drink this. At first I thought the buttery aspect of this was going to be cloying but the then the melon, pear, and other subtle notes kicked in. Very nice W-S chard indeed. (1047 views) | | | Tasted by tann0008 on 11/1/2014 & rated 91 points: Straw color. Apricot and pear on the nose. No tannin. Smooth. (1226 views) | | | Tasted by Barry Notes on 9/8/2014 & rated 92 points: P/slightly chilled. Clear, light straw color. Big, clean, intense Chard nose. Med-Big body, rich and fruity, clean, slight touch of oat/toast. Long, clean finish. Delicious. Drink now or hold for a few years. Nothing off. $64 (1500 views) | | | Tasted by slmral on 1/9/2014 & rated 94 points: First Thursday Main Group - Merlots of the World: The group didn't like the oak. I didn't mind it. (2105 views) | | | Tasted by jazzop on 10/18/2013 & rated 90 points: This wine is way too immature to drink now. It is tight, saline, acidic, and the fruit is hidden away. I won't touch my other bottle until at least 2016. (1220 views) | | | Tasted by wineo11 on 8/30/2013 & rated 94 points: One of the best Chardonnays I have ever had. Great bouquet. Palate opens with as a nice restrained buttery fresh chard and has a long finish that ends with a crisp mineral taste to clear any trace of oak/butter out. Not a Chardonnay fan but I would drink this any time. (1113 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, May/June 2013, IWC Issue #168
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| Williams Selyem Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeOlivet Lane VineyardPellegrini’s Olivet Lane Vineyard was planted in 1975 to Wente selection on AXR rootstock. The vineyard sits on 65 acres of sloping benchland in the Santa Rosa Plain, in between the warmer Westside Road region and the cooler Green Valley, where warm summer days are moderated by cool breezes and chilly evening temperatures. The combination of low temperatures, regular fog intrusion and well drained loam, clay soils create an excellent environment for growing Chardonnay that develop cool-climate characteristics and impeccable acid at fairly low sugars. The wines from this vineyard simultaneously express power and finesse, and they do so with tremendous balance.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyRussian River Valley Russian River Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia |
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