Extracted from a thread just posted: Another dinner with a good friend during his re-visit to SB with 2014 Delamotte BdB and 1997 Williams Selyem Hirsch Pinot Noir
1997 WILLIAMS SELYEM HIRSCH VINEYARD SONOMA COAST PINOT NOIR- served blind to the others; usually, i decant these wines if only for a few minutes, but in this case, i just pulled the cork and left it sitting upright for an hour; had I done so, I might have pulled another bottle as this was certainly displaying atypical characteristics; the color was a cloudy dark red purple and the nose included dried as in raisiny blueberry, plum, fig and black currant which made up most of the taste profile and being on the sweet side; it had a viscous texture and a long, sweet finish; I’ve had quite a few bottles of this release in the last few years and all have been really good and much more youthful, vibrant and featuring spicy and cinnamon accented red raspberry along with the blueberry and dark fruit; as it was, this seemingly got better and more drinkable and we came close to finishing the bottle.
Cheers,
Blake
