Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Stunningly floral right out of the gate: roses, lilies, peonies, lilac, with green and black olive underneath. Palate is juicy and elegant, with tiny-berry fruit intensity, outrageous fruit quality, supernatural balance, beautiful purity, and a long, persistent finish. Very young, but already a huge step up over 2021 and 2022. 9.6 for now. — a month ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

@delectable This is not syrah it is the blanc.

Nose: lovely sexy apricot. Some honey.

Palate: apricot honey. Some pleasant oiliness.

Fass selections — 2 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.5

Classic cool climate Syrah. Vibrant, elegant dark red and blue fruit with beautiful forest floor, mineral, earthy under notes infused with fine polished soft tannins guiding you to a soft lingering finish. — 2 years ago

with Tammy

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Did I just have this in January? Yup! lol. Anyway nose is young and grapey. Super young. Dark berry and bright red berry fruit. Maybe some pomegranate? Really unique nose. Good syrah sweetness. Palate also young and grapey. But elegant and meaty as all can be. Charcuterie, rich dark berry fruit, super concentrated and just so young but has energy, freshness and acidity. Needs mega air. I’ll be back. Nose becomes more civilized with air and settles into spiced dark berries. Palate is so gamey, so olives and so feral. Really wild St. Jo. — 3 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Nose is gorgeous. Like a mountain air flowing over a field of tropical flowers. Beautiful. A hint of opulence but perfectly integrated and so elegant. Wow.

Palate is mineral. Light integrated fruit. Delicious. Lacks the density to be better than this but good I love this. Blind might have guessed savoie but doesn’t have that pine thing. But it’s that elegant. So clean and perfect. Seamless.

Long finish. Like drinking fresh cold creek water after a long hot hike.

This is insane for 30 minutes and then just very good afterwards. Not a wine to sit with methinks.

Bought from fass selections. — 5 years ago

C R

9.6

Power, length, and precision. Superb! — 7 years ago

Robert Torretti

9.2

This was a good Cote-Rôtie for its price point. Meaty and smoky, with a nice nose. Decanted maybe 20 minutes before serving. Served with a reverse-seared whole picanha, accompanied with roasted tomatoes and seasoned Greek yogurt, tomato cucumber and red onion salad, and wild rice medley. Good for a night at home with guests. — 4 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Just terrific. Nose has a bit of wildness to it but also florals, red berry fruit, Palate is elegant and juicy. Almost a Burgundian interpretation of Cote Rotie with how red the fruit is and how supple the mouthfeel is. The elegance here is inspiring. 21 is so so killer. — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

Olivey and mineral, complex and juicy and so clean, so so clean, grippy and elegant and so so sappy, stunning purity and mineral, airy and mineral, amazing finesse and complexity and so so refined and fine. long and supple! red fruited and olivey and so so elegant, 9.8? Yes! so so juicy and clean. wonderful.
— 3 years ago

Rox F

9.1

A really nice wine. buy again. — 4 years ago

Cheri Coyle

9.6

2016 Alex’s bday — 4 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.6

The aromatics on this are powerful and complex. Florals, dark berries and savory components. This is generous and rewarding in youth. A beautiful example of savory/briny character accented by rich red fruit. Structured and textured. This shows great complexity, but also inviting freshness. Absolutely great. Social Distance wine #5 — 6 years ago

Peggy hargis

8.9

Had this on the Scotland barge. — 8 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Had also at dinner and was elegant, complex and ready to go. Nose a tiny bit funky but still this was all class. — 5 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

A stunning wine. Superb aromas of flowers and meat. Violets and red betty fruit but really stunning florals. The palate is where this wine really shines. Just ultra finessed and refined and at 9 years old really starting to silken. The texture was like Musigny. Just awesome. — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Super aromatic and pure, floral, fresh and acid and so clean, so pure and citrus. — 3 years ago

Emma Manzer

9.2

A very nice sweet, tart and easy white to drink in the hot summer time — 3 years ago

Kurt Winrich

9.1

Fresh fruit, light pepper, a little smoky, a bit of bacon on the nose. Good, smooth tannins on the palate. — 4 years ago

Patrice Conxicoeur

9.0

Very nice showing in a difficult, hot vintage from which many wines are already over the hill. — 5 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

I’m much higher than Josh Raynolds on this. Soaring nose. Stunning blend of game, flowers, and more flowers, like violet and pastille as well. Amazing purity. The nose is really what it is all about. Just stunning. True ZOMG nose. Granite as well. Palate is structured and very juicy with stunning freshness and purity. Wow. An amazing mouthfeel and such length and texture. Really coats the palate. Stunning richness and decadence. Amazing balance. This is absolutely outrageous. — 8 years ago