Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Just a brilliant, cerebral Riesling. Nose has some funk, lemon, lime, slate, lemon pith, lemon flesh and juicy lime. So piercingly mineral. The palate is just stunning. So gorgeous and pure. Really young out of the gates. Like biting into a lemon. Awesome acidity and freshness but very very young and closed. Air does wonders here. Wonderful but man does this need air. Now, 24 hours later we have gotten air. Boy is this stunning. The nose finally had that slate/porphyry minerality in spades. Dense and elegant with a fiercely mineral finish. Chewy. Structure for days! — a month ago

Tobin Spratte

9.1

Solid dry Mosel Spatlese Riesling. Balanced citrus, slate, and petrol aromas. Heavy mouth feel. Not as complex as others I've had recently, but I'm biased having sampled many reserve and Alsatian grand crus. — 5 months ago

Jody's Mostly Natty

9.3

My new favorite Austrian wine! Had the Josephine a while back but we did not become great friends. Anatasius, however, is playful, fruitful, and slightly bubbly. Made a new friend. — 9 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Nose : etherial. White flowers. Finely powdered minerals. Mineral fruit explosion. Sexy mineral fruit DNA bonding. Awesome.

Palate: perfect. Minerals. Acid. Elegant stone fruits.

Fass selections — 2 months ago

Stuart Pollack

9.6

Perfect balance between acidity and fruit. Passion fruit and peach and pear in balance. So good. — 8 months ago

Mark Mannebach

9.0

Nice complexity of aromas. — 2 years ago

Matthew Cohen

10

Needs a 30 minute decant.

Nose: exquisite yellow flowers. Elenant richness. Lemon oil. But so precise and dense. Utterly insane.

Palate. Immediate mineral hit. Almost spicy. Elegantly rich. Really good. Long. Dense. Wall of flavor. Lemon peel. Utter magic on the palate.

Internal aromatics are INSANE. Just perfection.

Fass selections — 3 months ago

Jenn

9.3

Find memories! Always a winner — 6 months ago

Thijs Hendriks

9.4

@delectable: this is the selection de grains nobles — 2 years ago

Seth Masterson

9.2

Another Grand Cru from my favorite Alsacian producer.
Poura yellow, I get canary melon, botrytis honey comb, passion fruit, lychee.
Just slightly off dry, the acids have a mustard like quality. (the area is surrounded by mustard fields and I swear that I can smell and/or taste mustard greens/flowers in many wines of Berckem). Follows up with roasted apple flavors, and an incredible clean but long finish.
I wish I could open a bottle of this every night. — 3 years ago