Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

A rock star of a wine. Just stunning. Nose is all red and black cherries and just so layered and hedonistic. 2022 is soooo good right now. Juicy and dense with serious structure and unreal black cherry fruit tempered by such fierce minerality. But it’s all so elegant. Insane freshness and purity. This is young but the explosiveness, concentration and tiny berry fruit intensity are top notch here. I know my score will rise. Insanely long finish. All class. — a month ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Dinner wine. So fine. Gorgeous plump reddish blackish fruit and supple texture. Nose is deep, rich and bright. Opulent and chiseled but more opulent than chiseled. So great. — 4 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose: some butter. Hazelnuts. White flowers.

Palate: nice chardonnay richness. Mineral. Some sweet lemon.

Fass selections — 10 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

One of the best Girard 23’s. First time since April and it’s just as I remember. What a wine. Lush, giving cherry nose that just exudes purity and generousness. So inviting. Palate is lush and generous with unreal fruit. Black cherry, red cherry, blackberry. So dense, so explosive and fresh. Gorgeous, diamond cut tannins. Unreal wine. Wow. — 2 months ago

Taylor Jukes

9.0

On sale at Costco. Nice little find for less than $20 — 4 months ago

Mark S.

9.1

Ruby red with bright edge. Complexity. Raspberry etc. but Aged. Red tea. Animal flavor. Quite Juicy, 8 years. Only wine can be enjoyable. 17 @7920, Umem, 251004-251006 — 5 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Terrific nose with some framing oak that will blow off with air. Deep cherry, some dark red cherry, mineral, earth, spice and some florals. Huge palate impact with gorgeous fruit. Unreal fruit and buffered by very good acidity and a fine, slippery texture. Just terrific fruit clarity and precision with lovely spice that echoes on the finish. Some mint and menthol coming in on the nose but this needs more air. Will be back. Really wonderful finesse here as well. As this airs the fruit gets silkier and sweeter. 23 more and more reminding me of 19 once it gets proper aeration. — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Girard’s 2022’s are in an amazing place. This is just insane. Juicy, so graceful, fine tannins, elegant. Just exceptional. — 3 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

22’s are having a moment now. Ripping their shirts off like a WWF wrestler. Man the fruit on the nose is pungent. Dark cherry, black cherry, black plum skin, just amazing. And classic Girard sous bois. Mint, tree bark and more. Palate is decadent and juicy with lovely amplitude and richness but also sappy density and purity. Really elegant and just raring to go out of the bottle. Great energy and let’s see what air does. — 3 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Another epic Fichots from Girard. Deep deep mid to late season cherry and glorious spice. Wow the fruit in 22 is so aromatically expressive at the moment. Just gorgeous. Stunning palate with deep deep fruit but also those fierce Fichot tannins. Juicy, silky and sweet but structured and epic. Wow the tannins. This needs mega air but this is a monumental Fichots. Tasting today and still a beast but has that absurd 22 fruit. I’d wait a decade at least. — 9 months ago