Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

It’s got that CA profile. Dusty earth and tooti frooti but also has some good spice. But yea, that CA profile. Elegant, sweet and balanced. Not big but small and pure. Nice. — 14 days ago

Erik Longabardi

9.5

Lights out amazing — 6 months ago

Jon Potter

9.0

Very floral and distinctive. — 6 months ago

Peter Sultan

9.3

Solidly overripe cantaloupe, thick florals, delicious texture. — a year ago

Matthew Cohen

9.6

Nose: white flowers. Intense.

Palate: sweet minerals. Sweet lemon. Terrific density.

Fass selections — a month ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Baroque and Baden like but with Mosel soul. Dried apricot, juicy and textured. Almost oily but not quite. Really threads that needle perfectly. — 3 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.2

Settled in. The exuberant Riesling fruit settled down. I am not sure. Preferred this wine when young. More later. Grown on granite in Durbach a little village on the slope of the black forest. Stonefruit, hint peach, lemon. — a year ago

Fabio Franchella

9.2

Lightliy copper coloured - bit oxydativ. Almond, melones, mundfüllend, rund, wenig säure, fruchtzesten. Schön!! — 2 months ago

Jay Kline

8.9

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of several hours. The 2019 pours a deep garnet color with an opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of tart and ripe red and black fruits: Montmorency cherry, plums, horse barn, purple and red flowers, crushed rocks and minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium- tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium and laden with minerals. This is not faking the funk on a nasty dunk. Drink now through 2029. — 4 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

I love this wine but I’ll admit it’s niche. Glorious confectionary nose. Clearly too young, as this wine really sings starting at 10, but whatever, I got too much wine to drink them all at the perfect time. Sweet wood, stone fruits and intense minerality. Some pollen as well on the nose. Such a complex nose. But in 5 years watch out! Palate is so elegant and rich but fresh from the minerals and not the acid which is merely solid. Really coats the tongue. So good. The finish is stone fruits, sweet wood and that rock licking feeling on your tongue. Just a killer Grau because it’s got that Laible magic. — 9 months ago