Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

Started broad, warm and slightly all elbows, then within minutes transformed completely. The palate became astonishingly elegant, serene and weightless, with enormous concentration, tiny-berry tropical fruit intensity, tremendous granite minerality and extraordinary texture. The warmth never fully disappears, but it integrates into the wine and somehow becomes part of its aristocratic character. Juicy, feral, mineral and profoundly refined, with the kind of effortless authority I associate with truly great wine. One of the most interesting whites I have had all year.

Even better integrated on day two, with the 14.5% alcohol completely disappearing into the wine and classic Marsanne gras, vanilla extract, enormous density, purity, sapidity and Grand Cru authority. Unbelievable finish and still the wine of the night. — 4 days ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Whoa.

Nose: dense. Rich. Some oxidation.

Palate: massive. Bright. Caramel.

Fass selections — 7 months ago

Iwan

9.1

Very fragrant on the nose. Floral and bitter lemon. Very clean and refined. Beautiful  — 9 months ago

romo

9.3

WotN. Consistent notes with some elephant hoof. — a year ago

Kamall

9.2

Pretty, subtle and absolutely delicious. — 4 years ago

Martinez

9.0

100% Xarello from old vines (about 60 years old). Fermented in concrete eggs and French oak barrels. Mineral, saline, good length. My favorite wine from the estate — 4 years ago

Doug Powers

9.2

Bottled 2019, disgorged 09/2022, 0 dosage, this Pinot Meunier is really the best of the 3 bottles I purchased, aging it seems to have brought out the best in it, still some nice bottles and complex yeasty notes, very fine. — a month ago

with Jim

Tooty Frooty

9.4

Försök nr 2 på detta vin (köpte tre flaskor så måste ju dricka upp dem!).

Ålrajt, för tydlighetens skull: den första flaskan jag drack MÅSTE ha varit defekt, för flaska nr 2 är utan problem drickbar - god till och med! Slank, mineralig och med en svag, svag hint av nån exotisk frukt. Tipp topp till oliver, oljedoppad levain och kapris. Phew, vilken tur! Och vilken upprättelse! #caves — 7 months ago

Manj Gunawardane

9.3

Creamy, confectioners sugar, crisp apple and pear. Structure and lovely backbone. Yum — 8 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Lalos bday — 10 months ago

Carmen

9.6

A perfect Spätburgunder from Baden — the closest a German Pinot Noir has tasted to Burgundy, and an excellent value at ~$40 a bottle.

Classic Pinot noir flavors of cherry, raspberry, and earth. — 2 years ago

Palmer Emmitt

Owner/Winemaker Judge Palmer

9.0

Mmmm…dirty. — 4 years ago

Myorei

8.9

Extremely tasty with fruity and spitzy notes. — 5 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

Rpm seafood — a month ago

Randy Fuller

9.2

This wine is a medium-dark red with good clarity. The nose brings a boatload of cherry, black cherry, and plum aromas, with herbal notes and a faint trace of barnyard. The palate is all about the red fruit. Tannins are healthy, acidity is fresh.
— 4 months ago

Manj Gunawardane

9.3

Stones and rocks on the nose to accompany ripe apple, pastry cream.
Rich, full and elegant. More open on tasting than nose suggested. A different giving creature on day 2. — 8 months ago

Tegan Marriott

9.2

Loved this rendition on Alsatian Pinot noir. Genius winemaking delivered! Too bad it's my last bottle, at the moment. — 9 months ago

Jody Scharf

9.2

minerals strong — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Wonderful, delicate. Crystalline. — 4 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.3

Fruits blancs, coquillages, très tendu, superbe tension, fruit pur et frais, long, très bon même si fort jeune. 92-93

White orchard fruit, seashells, nice tension and acidity, great backbone, straight, fresh and pure, great length. — 5 years ago