Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

I love this wine but I’ll admit it’s niche. Glorious confectionary nose. Clearly too young, as this wine really sings starting at 10, but whatever, I got too much wine to drink them all at the perfect time. Sweet wood, stone fruits and intense minerality. Some pollen as well on the nose. Such a complex nose. But in 5 years watch out! Palate is so elegant and rich but fresh from the minerals and not the acid which is merely solid. Really coats the tongue. So good. The finish is stone fruits, sweet wood and that rock licking feeling on your tongue. Just a killer Grau because it’s got that Laible magic. — a day ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.2

Settled in. The exuberant Riesling fruit settled down. I am not sure. Preferred this wine when young. More later. Grown on granite in Durbach a little village on the slope of the black forest. Stonefruit, hint peach, lemon. — 2 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Wow. Like laible on steroids.

Nose: smoky minerals. Like throwing stream water on a hot smooth rock.

Palate : very dense. Intense. Really good. Mineral blast. Perfect lemon.

Lacks the complexity for me to push it into the 9.6+ realm but fantastically delicious.

Fass selections — 3 months ago

Joe Lyons

9.2

From vineyard to my cellar, drinking wonderfully, great blended fruit that has mellowed, good acidity… great finish… drinking very well, couple years left but not much longer IMO! — a month ago

with Michelle

Boris Mathiszik

9.0

Nice and crisp. Almost as good as Rheingau Riesling 😂😎 — 2 months ago

Brent Clayton

9.2

Dino-mite! — 3 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Wonderful elegant and so long. — 4 months ago

Peter Sultan

9.2

2nd to last bottle of a long line up in a summer dinner, & showed I thought rather spectacularly between a Petit Chablis & the only red of the night. Paired with local, rich cow cheese- the more vibrant round & traminer- like richness of the varietal came alive as a result. Plus the smoky mineral endive fennel notes made even more clear. Made me rethink how to serve this wine w food, & when. — 2 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2021 | Extremely good balance, refined and fine combination with foie gras from ducksliver with raspberry | at restaurant Hohenzollern in Bad Neuenahr — 3 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Grapefruit, sage, black currant aromas. Juicy and so clean. Like, black currant. Long, grapefruit and herbal. — 4 months ago