Steve Rura

9.2

Fresh sour cherry nose, some Kirsch (not enough decanting). Cherries, dried raspberries, bell pepper, soft tannic bitters, pinch of white pepper and red licorice. Great structure and mouthfeel. 13% abv. A super solid baseline for quality Swiss Pinot. The Adank Chardonnays are so impressive, and my first taste of the reds doesn’t disappoint. This bottle is still so young, give it enough air and it really loosens up. Thanks @Lyle Fass — a month ago

Steve Rura

9.4

Dang, this is a good Chardonnay! White burg is one of my fave styles, and this certainly meets it. Floral, grassy nose. Green apple and preserved lemon peel. Pale, clear color. Crazy, focused mouth-watering acidity and dry, dry minerals. I haven’t had too many pure Swiss Chardonnays, but this is the alpine Graubünden style I like. Thanks @Lyle Fass — 5 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.9

Floral, roses, 100% whole bunch, red apple, sweet red cherries but darker, sensational aromas, more, spices, baking spices, some rare underarm. wood shavings, so high toned and intense and such fine, silky tannins and all red fruits and barely sweet. what complexity, and unreal red fruits, energy and tannins, so so good. big structure and density. Long and such an echoing finish. Just an iconic wine. Just a crazy good wine. Earthy sweetness and sweetening up but it’s so not sweet just so on the edge. It’s amazing how talented Patrick is. — a year ago

Pooneet K

9.1

Forgot to write specific notes but this was very good, especially for the price. — a month ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

So so dense. So tight. So coiled. So elegant. So concentrated. Structured. Checking in tomorrow. Nose is so floral, a day later. Very mineral and so expressive. Palate is enormously complex, chewy and dense. My goodness the density of this wine is just insane. It’s barely budged overnight. Fleshier, yes but also there still is more to come. Day 3 awaits. — 2 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

(2020)Unreal nose, so salty, so briochey, so good. Unreal depth, so complex and serene. Salty and creamy, so and so dry and has to be zero dosage. Reserve wines and mostly 2020. 2 years on yeast. Unreal mousse. 1.4 dosage. Extra Brut. Sapid, so elegant and just crazy bubbles. saline and salty and also brown butter. Stunningly pure. Made in the evacuation bunker of WWII. So fine. So great. Wonderful. 100% Pinot. BDB coming. Nose is so precise. The brioche is so clearly defined. — a year ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Needs a 24 hour decant at this stage.

Nose: pure, clean cherry fruit. Almost mountain stream.

Palate : so clean and precise. Cherry. Hint of spice. Hint of bitterness.

Fass selections — a month ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Such a fine bottle. So wispy. So elegant. Big time aromatics and such finesse. All class. Not a hair out of place. — 3 months ago

Steve Rura

9.1

Great CA Chardonnay. Balanced, not overly oaked, not really buttery. Fresh and delicious lemon, yellow apple, underripe pear. It doesn’t have the electric acidity of the Adank Swiss Chardonnay I just tried, but it’s delicious in its own softer, more subtle way. Speaking of Swiss, I’m using a cup for tonight’s cheese fondue on a snowy night. — 5 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

What a nose, slate and dirty reduction, unreal florals and depth, 15% whole bunch, roses, violets, such depth and so pretty, so juicy and so clean, ripe and juicy and significant tannic structure, delicate, big acid and wonderful freshness. keeps tannins in the mouth big time, long , this is a cellarable wine. As this aired the tannins became more silky and the fruit sweetened up but it became not sweet but barely sweet. Compelling wine and one of the best Swiss Pinots. — a year ago