Williams Selyem Westside Road Neighbors Pinot Noir 2017

Professional Ratings

• 97 Wine Enthusiast
  A perennial knockout, this wine combines vineyard sites from its namesake Westside Road. Flavors of smoke, strawberry, forest floor and black tea accent a velvety, lush palate, ending with a fresh, savory edge.
• 95 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
  COMMENTARY: Whenever I approach this level of Pinot Noir—this wine is made from some of the most renowned vineyards in the Russian River—I am often afraid that the effort may go over the top as the winemakers attempt to make the most concentrated effort. Fortunately, the 2017 Williams Selyem Westside Road Neighbors is exquisitely structured. TASTING NOTES: This wine is powerful, balanced, and put together well. Its aromas and flavors of red fruits, black fruits, and essence of tea should pair it superbly with a delicately seasoned Porchetta. (Tasted: January 28, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
• 95 Jeb Dunnuck

  Spice cherries, wild strawberries, and crushed violets, notes, as well as plenty of spice, all emerge from the 2017 Pinot Noir Westside Road Neighbors. This Russian River Valley Pinot Noir is medium-bodied, has a wonderful sense of purity and ripe fruit, ultra-fine tannins, a weightless texture, and a great finish. This is incredibly classy and one of the more ethereal, elegant, and seamless wines in the lineup, if not in this entire report.

• 93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  Youthfully shy, the pale to medium ruby-purple colored 2017 Pinot Noir Westside Road Neighbors features very pretty violet, dried flowers and bitter citrus peel scents with blueberry, warm blackberries, nutmeg, dried black tea leaves and autumn leaves aromas. It's light to medium-bodied with a good core of fruit framed by soft, grainy tannins and juicy acidity, finishing spicy.
• 91 Connoisseurs' Guide

  Long on black cherries with adjuncts of cola, sweet soil and dried flowers and showing an extra fruity push in both its its expansive aromas and deep, confidently focused, ever-so-slightly juicy flavors, this slightly supple and very wellbalanced Pinot is at once fairly weighty and enlivened by nicely integrated acidity. That it will age easily for another four or five years is beyond any doubt, yet, in all truth, its teasing succulence is to tempt earlier drinking, and we find it hard to argue against pulling its cork without a lengthy wait.