Orchard fruits, jasmine flowers, and musk melon combine to form a medley of aromas in the glass. The layered and complex bouquet makes it difficult to point out any singular fruit characteristic due to the mixture of clones interplanted in our Williams Selyem Estate Vineyard, which are harvested all at once. On the palate the wine is as equally layered as it is on the nose, with orchard fruits and melon flavors dominating the profile. The soft acidity is overshadowed by a mouthcoating texture that saturates and clings to the palate throughout the finish.
2020 Williams Selyem Estate Vineyard Chardonnay
Reviews
93 / Wine & Spirits
John and Kathe Dyson purchased the land for their estate winery in 2002, above a bend in the Russian River, where John worked with his team to plant 20 clones of chardonnay. Jeff Mangahas harvests those vines as a field blend, producing this crisp and savory white, a cooling wine that speaks of the breezes racing upriver from the coast. It’s a chardonnay with forest greenness, the wildness of an apple tree in the woods, its fruit lively and crisp. —J.G.
- Alcohol
- 14.50%
- Residual Sugar
- residual sugars…
- pH
- 3.56
- TA
- 0.59g/100mL
- Barrel Aging
- 16 months
- Barrel Selection
- 25% new, 25% 1 yr., 25% 2yr., 25% 3+ yr.
When to Drink
2023-2030
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