Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

10

This was perfection. Full stop. Ten points, 100, A plus, whatever scale you want to drag into the room, it all collapses under the same truth: it does not get better than this. The 2016 Ar.Pe.Pe. Sassella Rocce Rosse Riserva was so achingly beautiful, so complete, so internally right, that halfway through I stopped even trying to “evaluate” it and just gave in. What makes it unbearable, in the best way, is how nothing sticks out and yet everything glows. The wine has lift, detail, soul, delicacy, authority, all of it moving at once, all of it perfectly proportioned. It just stands there in complete command of itself, and the longer it sits in the glass the more it seems to reveal that perfection and grace are not opposites. They are partners. Words really do start to fail with a wine like this, because the whole point of the experience is that it reaches past language. — 3 months ago

Lindsay Corrigan

9.2

Well balanced wine with expressive flavours & beautiful mouth feel. Nose has rich dark cherry with edges of star of anise. In mouth: Blackberry, violet, the finish starts with tannins of oak & concludes with a lengthy linger of crushed mixed peppercorns
Worthy of your attention🍷 — 4 years ago

Tetsu Nakazawa

8.9

Molto fresco, con il gusto amaro un’po. E’ il nostro favarito. Abbiamo bevuto con i piatti picanti cinesi, era un buon marriage. E’ organico. Vorrei prendere quando lo trovo di nuovo. — 6 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.0

Primarily Sangiovese with some Canaioli amongst other native grapes. Lots of acidity. Fresh cherry notes. (Lots Of Fruit). Hints of tobacco and herbs. Light bodied but really balanced. Yes it is young. Very food friendly. — 7 years ago

Nenad Kesin

8.9

I have never felt such intensity of dark cherries and blueberries. It’s just super delicious, but short on palate and nose. You need to never stop sipping it to feel it long enough. — 8 years ago

Lyn Farmer

9.0

Medium garnet, bright medium plus acidity and wonderfully earthy notes. This is a terrific find, a reasonably priced wine with lots of character. Medium body, long finish, very appealing with salty and fatty salumi — 9 years ago

Fin Jams

9.0

What character! High salinity and some smoke. Probably the most interesting Franciacorta I've had, and it doesn't even want to be champagne — 8 months ago

Riina Nieminen

9.0

Hyvä kirpeä valkkari. Hapan ja omenainen.

@Koivis
w Lauri, Kiki, äiti — 2 years ago

sasha

8.9

BC. Black currant, over-ripe stone fruit, earth, tobacco acid. Really nice complexity. Good now, suspect it will age well. — 4 years ago

Inti C

9.0

Salty at the beginning, gradually strong in mineral and finally smooth til the end- what a rich etna rosse! — 6 years ago

James Brenner

9.3

Tuscan islands Sangiovese — 7 years ago

Paolo

9.1

Splendido con salumi e carni rosse. Delizioso — 8 years ago

Nenad Kesin

9.0

Not my favourite grape variety, but this refosco is seriously good. 11 years old, it has style an refinement. Complex and elegant, it was excellent companion to whole lunch, from couvert to dessert. — 8 years ago

Jessica Tucker

9.0

Had a glass on NYE to induce labor--it was great! Maybe it was great because I haven't had a drink in months, but, I'd buy it again! — 9 years ago

Daniel Jara

9.5

Vinazo! Acompaño con un New York steak , un vino excelente en nariz , con carácter, intenso , pero elegante en el paladar y de mediana acidez . Vinazo , se debe de comprar más seguido ! — 9 months ago

luis pinto

9.0

Gostei.muito bom. — 2 years ago

Vin

9.8

Billy at masserie — 5 years ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.6

Everyone else who opened this before 2020 is missing out. 1 glass tonight then the rest with 🥩 tomorrow after a 2 hour decant, buts it’s drinking great at p&p. Fantastic nose

The 2012 Collina Dalla Valle, produced mainly from younger vines on the estate, highlights the delicacy, precision, and richness of the vintage. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, the wine brings forth the best of our terrior—aromas of dried flowers, red raspberries, black currant, gravel, and smoke.

In 1983, Gustav and Naoko Dalla Valle began planting vines on the hillside of Oakville, overlooking Napa valley. Their vineyards produce excellent quality grapes, resulting in wines of great intensity, complexity and balance. Gustav passed away in 1995 and Naoko Dalla Valle continues the legacy of Dalla Valle wines. Dalla Valle Vineyards produces three wines: Maya (55% Cabernet Sauvignon and 45% Cabernet Franc), Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and Pietre Rosse (100% Sangiovese). — 6 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

8.9

Oxidative on the nose with concentrated plum and fig fruit character. Tar and licorice coming through up front and on the finish. Excellent focus, depth and rusticity. — 8 years ago

Jasmine Hirsch

Sales & Marketing Hirsch Vineyards, founder In Pursuit of Balance

9.2

Continuing the TumTum Tree - Jamet tradition with Kaye & @Mark Rosse! — 9 years ago

with Mark