Tasting Notes

WSM93

Westside Road is a sweet spot for pinot noir in the Russian River Valley. It's where Williams Selyem has planted estate vineyards, and the "neighbors" are Allen, Bacigalupi, Bucher, Flax and Rochioli Riverblock vineyards, which also contribute to this blend. The area instills the wine with a cool, foresty tone, as well as a plump richness that's filled with luscious black raspberry flavor and gamey complexity. Satisfying now, this should age well over the next five years.

WE93

I love the delicate complexity of this Pinot, which is a blend of five vineyards along this famous wine trail. If you want to understand RRV Pinot, and particularly from the stretch they call the Middle Reach, study this wine. Dry, crisp and silky, it shows beautifully ripened cherry, raspberry, cola, pomegranate and spicy-herbal flavors, perfectly integrated with smoky oak, and the brilliant acid-tannin balance of a great vintage.

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