Williams Selyem Russian River Pinot Noir 2020

The 2020 growing season started out very dry encouraging early bud break (the most important part of the growing experience – without buds you don’t have flowers and you don’t have fruit). Cold weather delayed this somewhat. Needless to say the season was “start stop all year” & very challenging. Result was loose clusters of grapes on the vines and good exposure of the fruit to allow colours and tannins to develop.

A random lightning strike during the later part of the growing season started a fire near the vineyards. Luckily there was no smoke taint, but not all vines were picked. What you have is concentrated wines with a darker complexity. Allow for a drinking window till 2030

Varietals

100 % Russian River PINOT NOIR

Appearance

Deep and dark in colour,

 Aroma

complex array of fruit, floral, and citrus aromas. With refreshing acidity (coastal location of some vineyards) and breadth of palate. A fabulous wine with red fruit red currant and black fruit with notes of citrus and black tea.

 Palate

A grown up wine with red and black fruit flavours mixing with notes of citrus and black tea.

Food pairing :

Big enough for red meats, elegant enough for white meats – possibly crocodile tail !  

Size of vineyard 130 Ha (x 130 international sized rugby pitches)

 Ageing potential

2023-2030

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