1997 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Ferrington Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 94 points

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  3/3/2023 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Pretty nose with red fruit, cherry, strawberry, smoke, and a tiny hint of leather. Well integrated tannins with mushroom notes, underwood, and more red fruit on the palate. Nice finish. A great experience to drink a fully mature, complex CA Pinot.

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  12/1/2017 - Blake Brown Likes this wine:

  1997 WILLIAMS SELYEM FERRINGTON VINEYARD ANDERSON VALLEY PINOT NOIR- notes from K&L: “the 70 acre vineyard is located in the valley floor of Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley. It was planted with clones brought back from Burgundy. Five clones including Pommard (UCD4), 115, 777, and 667 of Pinot Noir comprise about 27 acres of this vineyard. This Pinot, from one of California's most legendary vintages in recent years, is weighty and powerful and very very impressive.”
  
  Amen brother! Right on! Yes, it had some weight and power, but for me it was just overwhelmingly impressive; the nose had everything I`d ever received from this wine which translate into cinnamon, spice and the light fruit profile for Pinot Noir and typical for this wine, red raspberry, red cherry and strawberry; a bit of smoke came in late as did a hit of plum; the mouthfeel exuded elegance and everything held on to provide a grand crescendo at the very end; I brought this after reading a thread in which Brig, Frank and another raved about the 2015 WS Ferrington and thought it might be a good representative of what Burt did with this fruit with some age on it.

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  11/30/2017 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  It's good to have friends in the wine geek world, as not only did we drink this wine last night, but we had the great fortune of drinking the 1997 WS Rochioli next to it. Thank you, Blake. There is herb in the aromatic, with some light notes of the aging process just starting to season it. Silky, light caramel, blue and red fruit, aging beautifully. Neither tired or worn out from being 20 years old, living up to the WS rep for the wines of that era being the real deal.

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  11/30/2017 - brigcampbell wrote:

  Blake Brown in the OC (Broadway, Laguna Beach, CA): How is this wine 20 years old? Doesn't look like it's budged at all. Light maroon with a beautiful nose of toasty oak. Palate is light cedar, sweet Raspberry / Rhubarb and a very soft mouthfeel since the tannins are fully integrated. Gorgeous.

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