Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

New bottling from Girard and wow is this a stunner. Nose is so nimble yet super expressive. Spicey oak, saltiness, hint of vanilla extract, lime zest, pink grapefruit, ginger and spice. Only scratching the surface here. Palate is ungodly elegant and complex already with stellar concentration and unreal amounts of finesse. Wow is this a stunning wine and why Whjte. Burgundy is best Chardonnay in the world. The palate is just so classy and delicate. So much density yet offset by the grace of this magnificent wine. The nose now is opening with such complex spice. Wow. Super pure and so deep but the nimbleness is something else. Unreal squeegee of concentration and the finish goes on for a mile. 9.7 out of the bottle. Let’s see there the goes. The nose now has a gumdrop thing going on it. So mineral. Wood shavings, cinnamon and just stunning aromas. So elegant and the finish is getting more sapid and intense. Nose is so airy now and ethereal. More focused. Elegant and opulent and so graceful. Long finish of mineral and sweet wood. Gorgeous spice. — 6 months ago

Suzanne Denevan-Brown

9.1

Golden yellow - a bit sulfurous on the nose. A banana star fruit gumdrop nose, sharply cuts on the palate though still has heft. Outstanding. — 8 years ago

Gretchen Barron

10

sweet and fun — 9 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Stunning aroma. Sweet and spicey red cherries. Strawberry. Blackberry. Deep penetrating aromas with world class clarity. Spice cake. Angel food cake. Elite bubble gum. Herbs. So complex and expansive. Palate is awesome. Concentrated and super complex with terrific purity and freshness. The freshness and energy here are top top notch. Awesome velvety tannins and juicy, tart cherry fruit with just huge volume and density but so fine and refined. Massive tiny berry fruit intensity builds on the finish. Really light color like a Bertheau Chambolle. Nose has deep Xmas spice on the second pour. Gorgeous and so so deep. Decadent sweetness and so compact and fresh but finishes with that tart tiny berry fruit intensity and almost a hit of cherry gumdrop. Just so pure. A genius wine. — 3 years ago

Brandon Ryder

9.7

Very sweet, but not overly — 9 years ago

Catherine Meadows

9.0

Good amount of sweetness to it! — 9 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Gorgeous nose. Complex. Perfect balance of minerals, confectionary aromas and fruit. Awesome depth and purity. Like a Riesling gumdrop. Superb minerals and an herbal aroma. Deep, subtle and elegant nose. Wow. What a palate. Deep, incisive, complex and so pure. Just insane purity. So clean. So balanced. This is really great. Wow, 19 is legit. Savory, sour, sweet and deep. It has it all and all is in harmony. Nose is just ethereal. Palate is dense and so elegant with aggressive minerality. So pure. So sappy and deep. Clean and balanced. Just super impressive .

9.4 to 9.5 with air. Wowsers. So deep. Breadth here is remarkable as is the length. — 4 years ago

David Kline

9.1

Gorgeous amber that approaches opacity. White chalk line crown with cosmic bubbles clustering. Candied grapefruit and pretzel nose becomes tangerine marmalade on wheat germ. Drops like a grapefruit gumdrop into cigar box with cedar and sweet tea murmurs, and proves a lovely complement to the malt sugars which somehow come off as raw granules. All the sweet notes extend to a point like a psychedelic pencil that writes in wheatgrass tannin and molasses burnt onto cast iron. Just what I needed to kickstart my brain. What!!!? 9.8% alc. scratch the kickstart, we just hit 60! #ipa #imperialipa #ale #oakaged #bigtopbrewingcompany #Sarasota #flbeer #beer #floridabeer #florida #indiapaleale #AshleyGang #brainbeer #hops #abv — 6 years ago

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