Beautiful clear red and purple toned color, and a hesitant nose that has red fruit, potpourri, and perfume. This has a light to medium body and a silky, elegant texture. You get tastes of strawberry and tart red plum, popsicle stick, and a subtle herbal note that evoked parsley. This was a pleasant but not profound wine. Straightforward. It has some perfume on the finish, as well.
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Dark cherry, rose petal, and plum on the nose of this transluscent, dark orange-red wine. The palate is dark red fruit, all the way. Plum, dark cherry, and cola feature in this Williams Selyem bottling, which came off richer in the fruit department and less complex than other '97 WS bottlings I've had. By comparison to the Hirsch, this lacked spice, and it lacks the subtle stemminess of the Rochioli. Lovely, straightforward, and medium bodied, this was supple, soft, juicy.
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Still surprisingly dark, but I guess not that surprising for the RRV. Loads of cherry on the nose and mouth. Fortunately, no cola on this one. Can actually go longer. Nothing Burgundian about this wine, but enjoyable nonetheless.
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Very dark in colour still and also quite backward on the nose: dark fruit, licquorice, spices, smoke, notes of prunes after some time in the glass. Very intense and generous on the palate. The high alcohol is showing a little, very dense and ripe. Good acidity, soft tannins, very good length. 91-93
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1997 WILLIAMS SELYEM OLIVET LANE VINEYARD RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY PINOT NOIR- I loved that another WS Pinot of Burt`s making was brought and this one showed well also; Olivet Lane has a brambly sort of wild character to it and this replicated such; the nose was pure red fruit and the taste was of a spicy strawberry and cranberry with the fruit being upfront and prominent; it was elegant, light in weight and a pleasant treat.
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12/6/2022 - misterstarre Likes this wine: 91 Points
Beautiful clear red and purple toned color, and a hesitant nose that has red fruit, potpourri, and perfume. This has a light to medium body and a silky, elegant texture. You get tastes of strawberry and tart red plum, popsicle stick, and a subtle herbal note that evoked parsley. This was a pleasant but not profound wine. Straightforward. It has some perfume on the finish, as well.
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5/21/2019 - misterstarre Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dark cherry, rose petal, and plum on the nose of this transluscent, dark orange-red wine. The palate is dark red fruit, all the way. Plum, dark cherry, and cola feature in this Williams Selyem bottling, which came off richer in the fruit department and less complex than other '97 WS bottlings I've had. By comparison to the Hirsch, this lacked spice, and it lacks the subtle stemminess of the Rochioli. Lovely, straightforward, and medium bodied, this was supple, soft, juicy.
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12/23/2018 - H2OMansLibrary Likes this wine:
Still surprisingly dark, but I guess not that surprising for the RRV. Loads of cherry on the nose and mouth. Fortunately, no cola on this one. Can actually go longer. Nothing Burgundian about this wine, but enjoyable nonetheless.
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8/7/2018 - rossi.wine wrote: 92 Points
Very dark in colour still and also quite backward on the nose: dark fruit, licquorice, spices, smoke, notes of prunes after some time in the glass. Very intense and generous on the palate. The high alcohol is showing a little, very dense and ripe. Good acidity, soft tannins, very good length. 91-93
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3/4/2018 - Blake Brown Likes this wine:
1997 WILLIAMS SELYEM OLIVET LANE VINEYARD RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY PINOT NOIR- I loved that another WS Pinot of Burt`s making was brought and this one showed well also; Olivet Lane has a brambly sort of wild character to it and this replicated such; the nose was pure red fruit and the taste was of a spicy strawberry and cranberry with the fruit being upfront and prominent; it was elegant, light in weight and a pleasant treat.
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