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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Gordonium on 11/24/2021: In great shape with proper cellaring since release. Advanced, but not overtly oxidized. Rich, tropical, ripe. Minerality keeps it gelunded. Excellent with truffle gnocci, prosciutto flatbread, and fig jam & bleu cheese flatbread. Drink before 2023. (318 views) | | | Tasted by Trent Walker on 4/27/2018 flawed bottle: Oxidized (825 views) | | | Tasted by Martysfo on 11/25/2016 & rated 93 points: I love older chardonnays, and this one is no exception. Flavors of ripe pear and pineapple with a long honey finish. Exceptional wine. (1033 views) | | | Tasted by Martysfo on 8/12/2016 & rated 92 points: Yummy! Big honey and baked apple. Hints of butter with great acidity. Has developed into an outstanding wine with food. (1135 views) | | | Tasted by kenthargis on 7/13/2015 & rated 93 points: Delicious. Rich, without being overpowering. Probably would have been at peak a year ago. Fruit is wonderful, but don't need to hold any longer. Lush, but not tropic. (1673 views) | | | Tasted by slywka7 on 12/31/2014 & rated 94 points: Nice straw color. Aromas of mango, pineapple, vanilla, lemon meringue and mineral. This is the nicest nose on a Williams Selyem Chardonnay in recent memory. Started off a little shut down because it was too cold but really blossomed once up to proper temperature. On the palate, this wasn't heavy handed at all with flavors pretty similar to what was on the nose. A beautiful chardonnay and reminded me why I love their chardonnays in the first place. (1608 views) | | | Tasted by jeffreylubowski on 8/15/2014 & rated 91 points: Perfect time to drink this wine. 6 years is long enough for WS chard to develop but not too long to get gloopy and stale. Medium bodied, medium oak, medium sweetness, high alcohol. Not popcorny or gigantic in flavor but nice and semi-traditional (besides the excessive alc, which you don't taste that much). (1766 views) | | | Tasted by tfesmgk on 4/6/2014 & rated 93 points: A great Chardonnay. It was big, great fruit, acidic and not too oaky. This wine is drinking great after proper storage. (1216 views) | | | Tasted by Stumpy on 3/4/2014 & rated 86 points: This was downgraded from previous note as tge wine has taken on a light caramel color and clearly had lost vibrancy and complexity. I have seen this in other white wins but am not really sure what the cause is. (1202 views) | | | Tasted by gutt22 on 8/16/2013: 14.9% alcohol. Full yellow color. Initially reticent nose and needed to come to nearly room temperature to release itself, and it's a pleasant nose of baked apple, pineapple, and oak. In the mouth, a zesty, lemony edge that is the hallmark of Williams Selyem Chardonnay to me. Vibrant, with full, rich fruit and a buttery finish. A nice wine but fully ready to drink. A- (1331 views) | | | Tasted by brujazz on 6/27/2013 & rated 96 points: A wonderfully harmonious blend of citrus, pineapple, butter and oak. This wine is a perfect example of what some bottle age can do for a high end chardonnay. Williams Selyem Chardonnays are not usually mentioned in the same breath as Kistler, Ramey, Peter Michel, etal., but certainly deserve to be so. This is, to mince no words, a great wine! (1135 views) | | | Tasted by vino_per_tutti on 5/18/2013 & rated 91 points: Golden straw color. Lush aromas of pineapple, tropical fruits, almond and honey. Almost creamy mouthfeel with tropical notes and nectar predominant; opulent, round finish. Only slightly oaked, allowing the full flavor of the grapes to come through. Delicious! (967 views) | | | Tasted by KeithSurg on 2/25/2012 & rated 91 points: Very rich, with tropical and citrus flavors. Oak is a little overdone, or I'd give a higher score. (1867 views) | | | Tasted by Scharin on 2/4/2012 & rated 94 points: Nose of lychee, pineapple. Nice complexity on the palate: roasted pineapple, candied lemon peel, vanilla, and a slight undertone of mace. Light tannins and good acidity on the finish. Really an amazing wine. (1574 views) | | | Tasted by wap1961 on 11/24/2011 & rated 89 points: Most every time I drink W-S Chardonnay, I find the fruit a little strong and want to taste more mineral - a more Burgundian flavor. This was a very good bottle, but at this price I would like a little more structure over the fruit flavor and perfume. (1544 views) |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, May/June 2010, IWC Issue #150
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| Williams Selyem Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeHawk Hill Vineyard on weinlagen-info
Located on a Southern facing Ridge top, high above the town of Freestone, it was planted to Pinot noir and Chardonnay in 1985. There are 6 acres of Pinot Noir vines equally distributed between Pommard 4 and Dijon 115 Clones.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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