Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Tasted this on my recent trip to France and again tonight. Baby Côte-Rôtie nose of violets, high-toned florals and blackberry. Soft, juicy and creamy on the palate, with bright ripe tannins, beautiful texture and absurdly pure fruit. A one-note wine, but what a fucking note. Astonishing value. — 2 days ago

Freek Welter

9.5

Basis 2008 — 2 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Pale lemon color with aromas of citrus, stone fruits and floral notes. On the palate flavors of fresh apple, apricot and lemon citrus with notes of white flowers and spice. Medium+ finish, lively acidity ending with citrus fruit and chalky mineral character. — 2 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

2023 vintage. Resto cost $14.50 or so per bottle. Excellent value for a step above entry-level red Bordeaux. Structure, fruit and purpose. 3.27.26. — 4 months ago

James O’Donohoe

9.0

Juicy and refreshing, chill it, gives watermelon and red cherry notes. It’s delicious — 7 months ago

Mark Rosse

9.4

Still working on a case. Showing as good as I’ve seen in a while. Quite delicious funkiness — 8 months ago

Manj Gunawardane

9.1

Lovely nose of ripe pear, honey, cake frosting. Pretty easy to sip - round, toasty, decent acidity, slight pleasant bitterness, fresh enough but age showing nicely. — 2 years ago

Doug Powers

9.0

Pretty sure we tasted Guy Bossard’s 2009s in barrel in January of 2011, we were WAY late for our appointment that day (drove 90 minutes in the morning from our B&B near Chinon, started at Luneau-Papin, then lunch (which took seemingly forever), which in turn made us late for our visit to Marc Ollivier at Domaine de La Pepiere. After a great (albeit long) visit with Marc, he was then kind enough to call Guy for us to tell him the 3 idiot Americans who were his 4:00 pm appointment would hopefully make it by 5:00-5:30 pm. Guy was nothing if forgiving and gracious, he had a young Dutch gentleman there when we arrived, Fred Niger, who we found out later was in negotiations to buy Domaine de l’Ecu from Guy, which DID happen (and Fred and his wife still own the estate). Domaine de l’Ecu had already been biodynamic for some time (and remains so), and was maybe the first of the Muscadet producers to do so (???). This wine, the top end Granite cuvée, is still quite alive, but it’s time to drink up. Fun times wine tasting in Muscadet in January of 2011!!! — 7 days ago

with Jim

Douglas Braun

9.2

2022 - Vintage- wild fruit, earth and spice , nicely done — 4 months ago

Pippa

9.4

Crisp, very peachy, a little floral . Maybe white peach or mimosa? Nice acid but balanced. — 4 months ago

Pooneet K

9.2

Very nice Beaujolais. Was quite curious how this would present given the wide variety of opinions on this wine. Aromatically quite beautiful - delicate flowers, lighter red fruit. Palate follows through nicely. Restrained at this point, and the 14% doesn’t present in any negative way. Long finish with great earthy tannins and good acid. Perfect cold night pairing with a rotisserie chicken. — 6 months ago

Richard Portes

9.2

So different from Dorian! Nose very Viognier. Light on palate, but long. — 8 months ago

Kevin Pierce

9.3

I thought this red wine was smooth and delicious. I would buy it again! — 3 years ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.4

Mari’s bday wine. So good again! — 25 days ago

Chris Buggy

9.0

Oh yes, smooth as a baby’s ass! Easy sipper, soft bubbles, bon entreé — a month ago

with Jennifer

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Rose nr 3 | magnum — 2 months ago

romo

9.1

22-yr old Melon still fresh. No signs of O2 or age. Impressive. — 4 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

8.9

High in pyrazine. Grassy. Grapefruit. More New Zealand style than french. — 4 months ago

Julia

9.0

Champagne. Alltid gött. Peace — 8 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.4

Blend of 70% Grenache, 17% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah & 3% Cinsault, deep Ruby color with aromas of berry fruits, oak and floral spice. On the palate flavors of black cherry and blackberry with oak, herb spice and floral notes. Wine was complex and elegant with fine smooth tannins, long fruit and spicy finish. Very Nice! — 9 months ago