Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Brilliant. Just brilliant. Nose is so round and luminous. Black, red cherry, spice, spicey oak, so complex and deep. The palate is just stunning. Soft and viscous with gorgeous satin like texture and juuuuuust short of sweet fruit and a bitter white chocolate note but finishes luscious and mineral. Terrific inner mouth aromas and such gorgeous delicate concentration and such fine tannins. Can’t wait to see what air does. So silky and sweet with air. Unreal texture. So elegant and just awesome fruit. Juicy and so clean. Mineral finish and such fine tannin. — 3 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Outrageously great. Juicy and sweet fruit. Tangy and ripe. Nose is spice, violets, cinnamon, black cherry, pine spice, resin, so so aromatic. Palate is juicy, dense, linear and focused. Awesome sweet tannins. Inner mouth aromas of red cherry. So vivid. Purple fruit explosion on the finish. Unreal freshness. Freakishly great.

Absolutely dead on day 2. Day 1. 9.8. Day 2. 6.5. — 9 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

What a glorious vintage of this wine. Nose is rich and floral but also has a dense shape that you can really smell. Like a trapezoid. Unreal minerals, some hints of weird citrus like tangelo, kumquat, pink grapefruit but also melon, spice, and so much more. Insanely complex. Stunning! 9.7 nose. Palate is just instant devastation. Rich, juicy and bursting with citrus and apricot fruit and so so pure. Unreal salinity, sapidity and density. Coats the palate. So long and satin-like texture. Unreal fruit here and there is a ripe sweetness here that is very uncommon for this wine but takes it to the next level. Genius! — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.9

Almost a year since I have had this and wow has it improved. It improved on profundity which is what Pierre does. The core of fruit on the palate is just profound and is wrapped in a silken finesse. Just drop dead stunning. Nose is nutty, floral and so detailed. Unreal clarity and aroma separation. Just sick. The palate is just amazing. Deep, structured and long. The class is just crazy. 2nd vintage he has nailed this. Nose is getting crazy floral. White flowers. Unreal grilled bits. Unreal elegance and finesse. Holy shit. — 15 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Just sick. Nose is a perfect orb of meyer lemon, some subtle toasty oak, minerals, sea air, limestone, lime flesh and more. So complex and serene. Palate is damn near perfect with unreal density intermingled with top top finesse and purity. Dizzying minerality and concentration. So elegant, nimble and subtle. Needs air but wow what a wine. Incredible finish. So pure. Awesome inner mouth aromas and depth. Such amazing fruit and framing oak. Let’s see what air does. As this airs it gets even more texturally fascinating. So well knit. — 5 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

Yowza! Nose is pitted fruits like peach, nectarine and also some pink grapefruit flesh but wow that color. True Pinot Gris. Floral, pancakes, hint of honey and so complete. Miraculous nose. Palate is just insane. Juicy and elegant like I cannot tell you elegant this wine is. So pure, like rainwater in Iceland flowing off a glacier. Palate is sapid and so dense but this thing just floats. Unreal spirits and crazy tannic structure on the endless finish. Yikes!! Wow the nose has a brown sugar thing now and it’s just a freak show. Unreal finesse. Wow. After a few hours this has just gotten elite. 9.8 may be too low! — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Another great, albeit young vintage of Zach. The palate has depth, purity, minerality and more but it’s a bit ‘all over the place’ but the bones are there. Super complex and long. Nose is blackberry, red cherry, red berry, super clear, floral and complex. 9.6. nose. Will get better. Palate is super concentrated but boy does it need air but oh man what promise. Calmer, sweeter today but still a bit backwards. Gorgeous inner mouth aromas and a spicy granite finish. This has really come alive on day 3. Best day by far. — 13 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Outrageous wine. Holy moly. Just incredible. So dense and juicy. Superb freshness and acidity. Gets deep in your cheeks. Unreal finesse. Top top flight Weiss here. Dense, structured and long. Unreal purity and clarity with this juicy structure. What a finish. Tour de force. Nose is a confectionary carnival freak show. But all potent and shy at the same time. Brilliant. The palate on this is truly special. Unreal density and purity. Just a shimmering diamond and so explosive on the finish. Wow. — 8 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

Oh man this is so good. On one of the final frigid nights of this year this is so hitting the spot. Young but so deep, so dark, so structured and so good. Insane nose. More details later. The opulence is unreal. Huge tannins and structure to go fifty. This is giving 47 Cheval Blanc. Oh. My. Fuck. What a palate. So rich, so much energy, black fruits, opulent. Just crazy. Old vines are strutting. 1884 or 1885. Just the sickest, purest black fruit ever. Same thing when tasting Desestret’s barrel of 140 year old Syrah. Black but opulent and refined. Same thing here. Palate is stoney and velvety wirh some thick blackberry and black current fruit. Unreal tannins on the finish. Nose is a drug now. 9.9. Outrageously black fruited, maybe even the most restrained anise ever. Deep, inner earth, minerality. Man. — 8 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Outrageous wine. Insane confectionary aromas. Just glorious spun sugar and slate. 9.8. Sickness. Meyer lemon. So clear. Palate is lush and clear. Juicy, deep and fresh with dancing minerals. Unreal density and sap. Just brilliant. This has such a gorgeous shape in the mouth. Today the nose is just stunning. Lemon pie. Slate. Wild mint. Palate is juicy, textured and has a lively bitter note on the end. So mouthwatering. A brilliant wine! — 11 days ago