Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

A great Le Chevaliere. Bacon, flowers, mineral, violets. Fresh, vibrant, sweet and velvety with lovely powdery tannins and terrific florality. Lovely finish. — a day ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Red Field blend of a lot of wacky grapes from Isere @Delectable Wine which is next to Savoie. It’s Vin de France. Lovely nose. Pure, deep, grapey, foresty, cranberry, very Of a place and alpine. Palate is bright and deep, with lovely texture and juiciness. Terrific elegance and power allied with a medium body. Wonderful freshness and purity. Excellent length and balance. Hint of rusticity and so bright yet also grapey and dark. It’s really delicious and so unique. — 6 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Simply awesome. Cool climate Sangiovese is where it is at and this is a superb example. It’s such a clean and precise wine. Mid season cherries, sour cherries, glorious cherry flower and spices. Nice soil tones as well. Mineral undertones as well. Licorice. Stunning aromas. After air it’s just an insane perfume. The palate is terrific. Juicy, pure and very linear, with wonderful sweet/sour cherry fruit, a hit of mid palate opulence and wonderful velvety, perfectly ripe tannins. Terrific freshness. Has the guts and structure for at least 10-12 years of aging and improving. Wonderful stuff. — 8 days ago

with Matthew

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Terrific nose of bright citrus, white flowers, minerals galore, sweet lime as well. Smells open unlike many 15’s I’ve had recently. Chewy and dense with nice richness and very generous. Fleshy citrus and peach. Very complex and terrific mouthfeel. Finished with lovely citrus rind note. Very round but perfect acids. Terrific — a day ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Terrific nose out of the gates. Sour cherry, floral, pine resin, pine needles, lilacs, gorgeous florals. Cranberry as well. Even pomegranate. Stunning nose. Palate is s refined and ultra elegant with gorgeously sweet fruit. Silky and sweet with unreal fruit and lovely acidity. So silky and sweet with a gossamer like texture. Terrific and ridiculous. What a showing. — 7 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Nose is a bit reduced at first. There’s black fruit power and some florals under that though. It takes 15 minutes for the reduction to end. Then so floral, granite, mineral and deeply fruited. Gorgeous. The palate is deep, powerful and refined. So juicy and lovely sweetness with sweet velvety tannins and lovely blackberry and raspberry fruit. So refined. Terrific brightness to the fruit and really intense with tiny berry fruit complexity. Excellent wine. — 8 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

What a nose. Smoke, leather, tar, roses, hint of mushroom, glorious old school Nebbiolo. Old bookcase aromas as well. Palate is juicy and concentrated and has great complexity and very velvety tannins. Very nice and fresh. Superb dark red and black fruits. Staining. Stunning. — 6 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Rich and complex nose. Wet earth, almost an umami Element, spice, citrus rind, superbly complex, perfumed and floral. Palate is dense and structured and showing much younger than I would have guessed. Superbly mineral and quite closed on the finish. But long and lingering with perfect balance. — 6 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Been a minute since I’ve had the 2014. Nose is yellow fruited with intense Marsanne minerality. Some flowers and spice as well. Palate is super precise and elegant with lovely density and wonderful purity. Intense minerality and terrific mouthfeel. Almost like icing on a cake. — 7 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

The palate is so opulent but oh man the acidity. Wow. Rapier like acidity. So so intense. Apricot, grapefruit. Endless spice. Wow. @Delectable Wine this is the no star Auslese. — 10 days ago