Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Lovely, lively and made me laugh. — 43 minutes ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

First time since summer and what a great wine and value. Aromas of cranberry, cranberry bog, spice, mineral and mid to early season cherry. Lovely aromatic precision. Some tree bark and citrus rind as well. Gorgeous palate full of mid season cherry fruit that has terrific sweetness and thrust. So pure, such tiny berry fruit intensity and wonderful sap and finesse. 2020 was such a turning point for Steinmet’s Pinot Noirs. So fresh and energetic and grippy but ripe tannins. Wonderful and let’s see what air does. Ah, great finesse and increasing suppleness and sweetness with air. Just melts in the mouth. — 3 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

The perfect foil for Indian food does not exi— — 6 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Unreal nose for one of the best wines in all of NSG. Gorgeous black cherry fruit that is so clear and vivid. A hint of black plum but more black plum skins. Wild mint, desiccated tree bark, wild flowers and mega forest floor. Just stunning. 9.6 or 9.7 nose. Rich and deep with awesome purity and freshness. Really lush and succulent with terrific tiny berry fruit intensity. Superb concentration, structure and juiciness. Such a baby but not inaccessible. Really long finish and so compact. Glorious and can’t wait to see what the evening brings for this wine. This did get riper, “soupier” and plummier. Showed its “20” bones. Still fresh and deep but man 20 is all plum it seems like at some estates. — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

A significant blast of oak but under that is minerals, green apple, lime zest, but honestly it’s dominated by wood now but I love this wine anyway and it integrates with time and air. Juicy, silky, sweet wood and fruit and so well made. Glides across the palate and has very good acidity but not like 21 or 22. It’s framing acidity but not in your face. Super mineral freshness, sapidity, density and chewiness. Really long finish but these wines transform with air. 9.5 already. Oak has vanished and now so much elegance, more expressive acids and stunning complexity. 9.6 now.
— 2 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Nose is all wet earth, lime zest, meyer lemon, lemon oil, citrus, butter, and singing minerality. Palate is glorious! Rich. opulent and so pure. Super incisive and so balanced. This is drinking so well now. Laser focused and slippery with excellent apple and citrus fruit and terrific freshness and energy. Has that “22 glossiness” that is very unique to 22. Really round and so delicious. Needs no air. Pop and pour. Love how the 22’s are developing. Now with air the nose is super confectionary and kinky. Like Meursault cotton candy. Denser and chewier on the palate and so succulent. — 5 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Wow, just wow. Nose is just stunning. Green apple, some sweet oak, butter and wet earth. Smells like a scene in nature. Unreal mineral stank. Florent is on a white wine mission these days. Palate is super precise and lean but also has an unreal silken texture and is just insane juicy and super clean. This finish pitter patters forever. Wow. The fruit is crunchy and crystalline. There is a dense structure that ensures aging. Huge concentration and my god this is so juicy and piquant. Unreal. So happy how Florant has turned a corner. Finish leaves you wanting more. Smells like apple pie now with air and gains finesse. But still 1er Cru Meursault level. Really amazing textures in this wine with air. Mature textures. So impressive. — 7 days 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. — 3 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Insane nose. Floral like nothing else. Only Cote Rotie gets this pastille like florality that is dense and layered. Stunning. Some judicious and restrained sweet oak, blackberry, even cassis and so much more. Just sicko complexity. Unreal palate that needs some air for wood to integrate more but wow it’s so stunning. Treacly texture, insane energy, purity and ridic balance. Super. concentration and finesse and terrific granite styled finish. So classy and this will gain so much with air. So juicy, silky and long with air and great refinement. — 5 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Love 21 here. Utterly classic. It’s rare to have N. Rhône vintages that aren’t solar dominated. Terrific red berry fruit and the tiniest hint of brett that adds complexity and will blow off with some air. Leather, herbs and meat. Wow what a palate. So juicy and deep with terrific, ripe, juicy and substantial tannins. A mid palate opulence as well makes this so seductive yet it is also utterly.classic. The structure is noble like a Bordeaux. Really reminds me of Bordeaux. So juicy and dense yet nimble. Sappy and pure. Excellent. Really silky and supple now with air. Juicy and loads of spice on the nose. — 7 days ago