A Williams Selyem and a Patricia Green

[wondersofwine]

2005 Williams Selyem Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
13.9% alcohol
A pretty deep garnet jeweled color with some transparency. Violets and plums on the nose. Very smooth and velvety on the palate. Soft tannins on the finish. As it aerates, the plum morphs into cherries. Long finish. Delicious! Went nicely with smoked wild sockeye salmon from Maine, the salmon served at room temperature and embellished only with lemon jice and dill weed. I had only one Oregon Pinot Noir on hand so went with the Williams Selyem for the salmon and was gratified by the result. The WS was okay with shrimp bisque the second evening but excellent with the salmon. The salmon doesn't distract from the wine, and the wine doesn't distract from the salmon.

2005 Patricia Green Cellars Quail Hill Pinot Noir, Washington County (Oregon? there is also a Quail Hill in Sonoma County I believe and one in hotter regions of California)
13.5% alcohol
Powdery volcanic soil over hard clay sub-soil. Dijon 115 clone
Purple color, viscous texture, opaque.
Dark fruits and pine needles on nose. Slightly brooding qulaity on palate. Not thrilled with this, possibly because I opened it the same night I was finishing the Williams Selyem RRV Pinot Noir which I judged to be an outstanding wine. My first wine from Patricia Green.

[dananne]

Quail Hill is N of Rex Hill in the Chehalem Mtns. It's considered part of the Sherwood Hills. We had and loved the '02 of this wine, which I probably posted on in the past. The '05 that you had will be the last time she makes a Quail Hill, so enjoy it while you can! Evidently, the new vineyard owners decided to go in another direction as far as providing grapes (I'm kinda wondering who's going to get them).

I've still yet to try a WS.

As always, thanks for the notes!

[This message has been edited by dananne (edited 06-24-2008).]

[Bucko]

WOW, I've never been overly enamored with PG wines. I wouldn't pour out a glass, but I'd choose several other OR producers first.

[winoweenie]

Had my one encounter with her wines which was posted. No seconds for moi'. WW