2000 Williams Selyem Gewurztraminer Vista Verde Vineyard

Williams Selyem (the Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir benchmark) rarely gets credit for its Gewurztraminer, but this 2000 from Vista Verde Vineyard in San Benito County is a singular wine. Now at over two decades of age, it has developed from its youthful exuberance into something more complex and complete: lychee, rose petal, white ginger, yuzu peel, and a slight waxy texture that signals genuine bottle development. A fascinating and age-worthy expression of a varietal rarely given the chance to prove itself with time.