Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

What a drop dead stunningly profound wine. Just so brilliant. Nose is all elite plum, black raspberry, mid season cherries, sour cherries, black cherries and lovely tree bark and a hint of herbals. So complex and so pure. There is a delicacy and elegance to the nose that is stunning. Also some citrus top notes. Palate is at once round and but also has terrific energy from what seems like stem inclusion. So nimble and pure. This has serious structure and the fruit in the palate is sweet but also high toned and cooling and one can tell this is a cool vintage wine. What an epic finish and such refined tannins. This also needs to breathe. And it will improve and wow what a wine. Let’s see where it goes. — a day ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

Nose is a lemon party. Confectionary. So so elegant. Cotton candy, chalk and salt. Citrus. Smokey. Lemon palate. Very juicy lemon and meyer lemon. Very very intense. Finish is normal and very acid driven and with lemon flesh and lemon pith. — 23 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Confectionary. Stone fruits, very clean, some VA but adds a bit, orange, citrus, very mineral. Palate is juicy and clean. So pure. Grapefruit and stone fruits. Easy to drink and wonderful. Perfect for — 23 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

This nose has an insane perfume. Spice, smoke, chalk, citrus, mango, tangerine, peach, confectionary and it’s got so much depth and purity. So focused and narrows it’s got lasers. Dense and chewy and unreal saltiness. Smokey as well and just so enveloping. What a finish. Almost tannic. Intensity. Acidity higher than schlossberg and probstey. Less ripe but more depth. So clean. Unreal. — 23 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Wow. Deep nose and super rich and ripe. Florals and violets. High toned nose and palate is so juicy and velvety and just unreal density and purity. Wow. Big tannins and ripe and so juicy. Super concentrated purple and cherry fruit. Unreal acidity. Wow. — 23 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Rich, buttery, brioche nose. Honeyed aspect. So complex. Butterscotch that is crystallized. This is like Meursault. So stanky and so clean. So rich. So pure and so clean. So opulent but bracing and so pure. Wonderful. Honeyed finish. — 23 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Insane nose for a basic wine. Unreal cherry. So intense and jumps out of the glass. This nose is a 9.5. Just crazy. Palate is full of fruit. Fantastic freshness. Juicy and meaty. Unreal cherry. — 23 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

What a nose. Wow what a complex nose. So many things going on. Smoke, citrus, tangelo, nectarine, peach and apricot. blood citrus, clementine. Wow, a big palate with enveloping mouthfeel. Finishes very mineral. Really grips your cheeks with citrus and mineral. So clear and pure. But this seems like a lemon/lime/citrus fruit profile of the vintage. — 23 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Powerful nose, anise, cantaloupe, citrus, grapefruit, red and pink. mango, papaya, just ripe, salty nose, lovely airiness and almost chablis like minerality. Juicy and clean, so sappy and dense but light and mineral. Gorgeous, papaya and mango on the palate. So pure and deep. Nose showing spice. Lovely purity. Length is brilliant. — 23 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Deep violets and black cherry. Pungent and so intense. Blackberry flower and black cherry. Pencil lead. Explosive palate and juicy and with velvety and juicy fruit and terrific acids. Long and velvety finish. — 23 days ago