Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Nice nose of spice, mid season cherry, dark rustling leaves, wet moss, dark flowers, and lots of mineral. Terrific depth and ebullience on the nose. Palate is ripe and juicy but a bit one note, lacking in energy and the tannins seem a bit much for the vintage. Let’s see where this goes. The tannins melted away but it was boring and correct. — 7 days ago

Alan Snitow

9.2

White capsule, mine — 2 days ago

Nick Brandon

9.4

Nearly opaque crimson color.
Rich bouquet with tannins present.
Immediately spiced on the palate with an earthy, cocoa, herbaceous, candied, fertilized quality.
Lots of gentle chocolate rounded out by dark, fresh fruit. — a month ago

romo

9.2

Still pretty tight. Tannic day one, fruity day two. Only a bit salty. Hold em. — 15 days ago

Ned Childs

9.3

Let it breathe - decanted for 2 hours, very significantly leveled acidity — 19 days ago

Mark S.

9.3

Deep ruby red. Matured raspberry. Liquor like. Red flower with vanilla. Quite elegant. Like ART. Earthy. Spiciness. Acidity. 19 @, Fred, 241220 — 25 days ago

Daniel M

9.1

Opened yesterday. Quite bretty and reductive upon opening, but the funkiness has blown away now. The nose shows cola, dark cherry, green pepper bell, and black pepper. That cola note is something I usually get with natural wines from loire and beaujolais. The palate is yummy with a great acid drive, some superb cherry notes all along, some black pepper, some pomegranate touches, a bit of a drying layer in the rear that is quite peppery and a long fruity, joyfull finish that goes on for a while. It's not your typical extracted chinon. It's a modern, low intervention style that is delicious but needs time to settle. The anti-brett community out there might have a hard time with it 😅 but give it some time to breathe, and you will be rewarded.
Edit: it's even better 4 hours after. Delicious juice with some complex layers on top of it — a month ago

Brooks Burgum

8.9

Smooth drinking with a trout dinner. Not too fruity. — 2 days ago

Doug Powers

9.3

[80% Tannat, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon] Leather, forest floor, maybe a little Brett, excellent structure and depth, despite its age, seems like it can easily age another 10-15 years, long, lingering finish, excellent Madiran! — 24 days ago

with Jim

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2021 vintage. 12.11.24. — a month ago