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Williams Selyem

Sub-AVA · Russian River Valley

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Editorial profile

Williams Selyem began in 1979 when Burt Williams and Ed Selyem started making wine in a Russian River Valley garage with a repurposed dairy tank, betting that the region could produce Pinot Noir. That bet still defines the winery: its list is built almost entirely from single-vineyard Pinot Noir — Rochioli Riverblock, Precious Mountain, Weir, Hirsch, Ferrington, Allen and its own Estate Vineyard among them — sourced from Russian River Valley, Sonoma Coast, Anderson Valley and other Northern California sites, plus a few appellation-blend Pinot Noirs.

A smaller run of single-vineyard Chardonnay and Zinfandel rounds out the historic core, and the current lineup also adds two Napa Valley Beckstoffer-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons. Winemaking today is led by Jeff Mangahas; the winery is helmed by the Faiveley family, seventh-generation Burgundian vignerons, with longtime leader John Dyson continuing to advise. Most releases sell through a mailing list, so allocation stays tight.

Winemaker
Jeff Mangahas

Facts read from williamsselyem.com

What's on file

1979

founded

as stated by the producer

Address

1460 1460, 1462, 1464 GROVE ST

Varieties

Pinot Noir

Where it's registered

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The ground it sits on

Sub-AVA · Russian River Valley

6.0

pH, 1:1 water

17.8cm

, whole profile

129cm

to

Well drained

, dominant condition

Distribution across 181 · mean ◆, median │, p10–p90 bar

6.0
2.2%
22.8%
available water
17.8cm
depth to restriction
129cm

Dominant

  • 14.5%
  • 13.5%
  • 8.6%
  • 8.3%
  • 6.3%

181 map units · soil described over 96.9% of the region’s area · 2.8% is water, rock outcrop or other non-soil · 60% of the described area has a restrictive layer within the profile.

Wines

25 of 25 wines link to the page they were read from. The list is what a producer publishes about itself, one citation at a time — it is not a catalog, and a wine missing from it is uncurated rather than unmade.