Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Always such a gorgeous wine and now with 3 vintages under his belt Julien is really getting the hang of this site. Nose is so floral. Stunning. Mid to late season cherry that is so clear. Really nice lipstick like intensity and even some black cherry. Nose is a knockout. Like a 9.6. Ahh that palate. So pure. so velvety, so sweet but also sour, earthy and tart. Love that complexity and array that Julien does so well. Big tannins but ripe and sleek but substantial. Terrific sweetness and amplitude here. Terrific freshness and energy and just unreal depth. Chalky tannins and just so well made. Great wine. — a day ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

Transcendence. No one does Cote de Beaune like Brisset. Mid season cherry that is so vivid I feel like I am hallucinating actual cherries. Super stoney and so so complex. Just insane. My god this man doesn’t miss. Palate is an orb of stunning perfection. All silk and sweetness. My god. The fruit clarity is just beyond anything the tannins are so clear, so delicate yet so Pommard. The back end is so clear and a bit truncated now but air will do this justice. The finish lingers. And lingers. And lingers. The fruit is so clear I can’t stop typing it. The finish just is so perfectly crafted. What a wine. Nose now has a hint of reduction that will blow off, some stoniness, some umami and just wow. 9.8 nose. 9.8 palate. This is the true delicate monster if there ever was one. So Pommard and yet so Brisset. The acid is just perfect as is the texture. Needs air. 9.7 for now. Will go up. What a wine now that it’s gotten some air. The nose is just amazing. Some milk chocolate now. Now it’s filling out and the texture is more velvet and the acid is vibrant and piquant. That sweetness is judged so perfectly. We are at 9.8 now. Wow the delineation is nuts here as is the liberality. The tannins are picking up steam but this is so so classy. Insane inner mouth aromas. Not touching for two hours. Now the finesse is in effect after an hour and it’s so juicy. Huge concentration and depth. So Pommard and yet to Brisset. Genius. Oh wow! The nose is a 10.0 today. Indescribable. Unreal depth. Stoney, decaying sweet earth, wild mint. So breathtaking. Palate is just stunning. So deep, so concentrated and just stunning tiny red fruits that caress, mildly explode and linger. This is genius. — 7 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Lyle had this 8 days ago

with Zach

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Just the most joyous wine. Julian’s exuberant fruit and exactitude without sacrificing the joy of an entry level incredibly well made Bourgogne. So fresh and energetic. And wow fruit. Grippy and sweet. Terrific freshness and just wonderful opulence that then goes straight to mineral. This is the classiest wine with just a hint of rusticity that adds so much. — 2 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

Stunning as usual. Nose is dense almost like a pastry aromatic texture if that makes sense. Gorgeous green apple and some pear and huge minerals but you smell the opulence of 2022. Lots of brown sugar as well. Rich, energetic and just full of fruit. Huge fruit which is just brilliant here. So complex and concentrated with the fruit veering more towards fruit skin. Exquisite balance and drop dead purity. Wow this is clean. Stunning inner mouth aromas. Chewy and dense unreal depth. Finish leans saline and the juiciness keeps pumping the fruit skin, little bit of fruit flesh and unreal length that also has tiny accents of spice. Brilliant. What a finish. Lingers like a bad zit. I love 22, has all the opulence, but also all the minerality and all the energy. Brilliant. Ah wow, after 6+ hours open this is a delight. It’s so filigreed and elegant with sweet minerals and so much juiciness backed by the most unreal precision ever. — 3 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

The great Monopole from Buffet. In some years this is neck and neck with Clos des Chenes and Taillpieds. Gorgeous nose of dried and wet leaves, deep cherry, some oolong tea, Really compelling fruit on the nose. Such clear cherry, cherry bubblegum which is so typical of Rougeotte and stunning florals. Nose is so layered and complex. Gorgeous. What a palate. That classic chord progression again if sour/mid-season and late season cherry along with unreal sweetness. The sour-sweet cherry combo in 23 is the Buffet signature. Really well worked velvety tannins and exceptional freshness and acidity. Terrific inner mouth aromas and such purity. Extremely complex already and such suave texture despite there being girth and structure as is par for the course of Rougeotte. This needs to open but I think once it does it will be equal to or surpass the Champans. Let’s see. The nose now is more feral, but sweet feral. Big cherry but the chord effect and a bit of a maceration effect. Then that Rougeotte Hubba Bubba thing. Wow this is so good. So shockingly intense like you stuck a fork in an outlet. This is better than the Champans. This has gotten so suave and explosive now. Unreal texture and sweetness plus the finish and attack just explode onto onto the palate. Nose is feral today in the best way possible. Gorgeous, sensual minerals and earth .Wow the fruit is insane. So sweet, still explosive and such insane acidity and length. Just stunning. — 7 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

The nose is psycho. Lime zest, butter, actually brown butter, an airy ethereal quality, maybe some white peach, some citrus and unreal discreetly framed oak that has just made me shake my head how well integrated it is. Like insane. 9.8 nose. All the wet stones one can imagine. Florent is a completely different winemaker than when I started with him. This is super elite. The palate is a masterclass in controlled detonating So opulent yet so nimble. The texture, my goodness the texture. Silk. The finest silk. Extraordinary concentration and so nimble, so sappy and so pure. Unreal density and finesse and ultra concentrated. But so nimble it’s like a breeze on your palate. Acid is on point as is the structure which is architectural. More Gehry than Hadid. It’s got tannin and acid plus extraordinary length. There is real heft and density here but it retains this laser like delineation. Icing on a cake like texture now after some air and silly length. Stunning. With air this got crazy crazy elegant. Brilliant. — 9 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Out of this world. Andi is so slept on. This is just so vibrant, rich, nimble and full of amazingly pure fruit. Just shimmers. Gorgeous length and real elite purity to the fruit. Fantastic inner mouth aromas that are confectionary and that confection echoes on the finish and then ends with pitted stone fruits and mineral. Outrageous. Nose is all mineral, red plum, rainer cherry and apricot. Just so pure. — 3 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

10

Just one of the best wines in the world. Nose is legend. The best soppy, soaked, dense, clear mid to late season red and black cherries of all time. Then comes the spice. And more spice. And more. This nose is perfect. It’s a life affirming perfume. On days that are this bad, a wine like this makes one momentarily forget the horrors going on outside our windows. The nose is a 10. It’s that simple. The palate is young but amazing. Grapey, concentrated red cherry fruit and such freshness, nimbleness and insane purity. Unreal inner mouth aromas. The decadence of 2022 is here but it’s also dialed back because this is Brisset. Good grip and acid and such sweetness. This is hedonistic but also cerebral in that the acids wash one’s palate on the finish and the finish is mostly mineral and limestone. So juicy and dense but also lithe. This is perfection. 10.0. It’s closed down now after a few hours. But the finish is just insanely long. . — 6 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Champans is always, to me, the most friendly and “win over people” type of Volnay 1er Cru. Nose is superb with clear mid season cherry, some sour cherry, some earth, some mineral and some licorice. Gorgeous wild mint and such a bombastic perfume. So so floral. Just so pretty. That palate is classic 23 Buffet with the sour/mid -season and late season cherry like a chord progression. Stunning internal aromas. Amazingly sweet fruit accented by sour cherry and wonderful, velvety and sweet tannins. It’s just so friendly yet super serious as well. Unreal finish that keeps pumping the sweetness. Superb acidity and freshness and the grip and structure is legit but my goodness the sweetness and general puppy dog friendliness of Champans is shining through here. Brilliant. Really well balanced and just a gorgeous, velvety and silken texture. Excited to see where air takes this. After 45 minutes the nose is crazy complex and so airy with all the cherry chords and mint and even some sweet herbs. 9.7 nose now. Wow the sweetness and high pitch are bananas. On day 2 the nose is much more integrated aand the limestone is so legit. The palate is sweet, fresh and has tons of energy. Long finish. — 7 days ago