Community Tasting Notes 9

• super007 Likes this wine: 91 points

  March 5, 2023 - Sour cherry others mentioned is spot on, and pomegranate (little less tart than Pom juice).
  
  Tannins are mellowed out beautifully.
  
  As the wine warmed up (being outside the cooler) interestingly the sourness, acid became less pronounced. Maybe food toned it down. Some crushed raspberries / sour cherries.
  
  Great wine with food

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• buymoreredsdrinkmorewhites wrote:

  September 5, 2022 - Pnp, very red fruit dominated with a red raspberry compote coming through, some sour cherry and while the alcohol is present it does not overwhelm the wine. To me the fruit is a little more subdued than other WS Zin bottlings but nonetheless enjoyed with a Black Angus rib eye.

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• Benj wrote: 92 points

  October 31, 2021 - Oh my. The aromatics on this are extraordinary. So bright and lusciously fruited. Not dark or brooding at all, just singing confected red fruits, sour cherry jam, oak spice, very pure and so, so pretty. Acid is very high - definitely needs some fatty food right now - but a few hours after opening a savoriness comes out that helps tie it together some more. Alcohol very well balanced. The Bacigalupi is my favorite of the Williams Selyem zins from 2017, specifically for its generous aromatics and brightness. I'd drink it before those subside too much, but no great rush. 15.1%, $65.

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• Mike Dildine Likes this wine: 94 points

  July 15, 2021 - 15.1% abv. Dark ruby, extremely aromatic. Ripe boysenberry, cassis, mint and bramble make up a very focused and concentrated palate impression. Rick, deep and long, this wine is great now and over the next 6-8 years.

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• Mike Dildine Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 23, 2021 - 15.1% abv. Dark ruby, very aromatic. This wine shows great intensity, depth and length. Red and blue fruit and Zin bramble. Very enjoyable.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• Type Red
• Producer Williams Selyem
• Varietal Zinfandel
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Bacigalupi Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley
• UPC Code 000000144384

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• In Cellars 258 (60%)
• Consumed 170 (40%)

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