Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Old reliable strikes again. Nose of Apple, pear tart and loads of minerals. Some intense secondary minerality as well. Gorgeous and super clean. Palate is crisp and clean with lovely balance and purity. Very fresh. Really juicy and a wonderful tactile sense of grip. So compact. Delightful. — 6 days ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.2

A Lyle Fass wine. Drink up this is the 14’-
ready to drink the wine is at it‘s prime. Soft on the palate. Sweet fruit. Plums mostly and a hint to of peach! Earthy yet Elegant - this is a great village. Congratulations Lyle a nice find. I would recommend to buy this producer/vineyard year after year. — 4 days ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.4

Very reticent on the nose even after 1.5 hours in a decanter
It gives a nice fruit in the end, a cherry, lavander, tobacco, cola, iron, watermelon skin and just one more little bit a the time every five minutes. Altogether quite complex and enjoyable nose. The mouth is better, little tannic at the end, but also fresh and long flavour
The colour says still a little purple in the edges🤷🏻‍♂️
A wine that will probably find its peak in 8/10 years at least , but that can quite easily last another 20
🙏🙏🙏🙏
— 9 days ago

with francesco, Alessio and 1 other

Ryan Vento

9.0

Like biting into a dark red cherry and subsequently biting your lip in the process; plush cherries, blood & iron, and manure. Only in the realm of wine are such qualities desirable. — 3 days ago

with Krystal

Mike Saviage

9.4

Nice ruby-tawny center with reddish amber rims. Dark and brooding, but mostly translucent. Fruit forward and attention grabbing nose. Notes of tart cherry, rhubarb, brown spice, garden soil and a little dried cranberries. While it has a little tartness in the nose, it is luscious in the mouth. And with air over the evening more fruit comes out of hiding but is always in balance against a firm structure. Don’t have much experience with the Mazis terroir myself but this was a great data point and really good tonight. — 9 days ago

Chris England

9.2

A rather decent Gevrey-Chambertin drinking very well young @ £38 - Fab for the money 👍

📍 Domaine Rene Bouvier Les Jeunes Rois 2015

🏵 92 points

🍇 Pinot Noir

🍷 Vibrant clear ruby

👃 Smokey blackberry & oak, bramble bush & earth w/ herbs, raspberry, spice, vanilla, dried bacon & cherry cola

👄 Light-Med silky clean body of blackberry & cherry w/ a red fruit & mocha undertone in med acidity all nicely balanced

🎯 Long blackberry & red cherry fruity smooth linger — 11 days ago

Severn Goodwin

9.0

Nose of cedar, red raspberry, juiced cherry, cranberry and wet leaves.

Palate has rehydrated cranberry, partially dried cherry, raspberry juice, unsweetened cranberry juice, early spring strawberry and light, loamy earth.

Slightly grippy tannins, otherwise a very smooth finish, medium length. Our first go around with this producer. I bought at a local shop tasting event, decanting this was the way to go. The fruit was solid when I first tasted, but the tannins seemed to get in the way. You'll (generally) never get to taste a bottle at a walk around that has had the proper air, so you need to go on faith and experience some times. I'm not disappointed with this bottle tonight, decent show. $25

Another 3-5 years of patience will do no harm to this bottle, likely benefit. — 16 days ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.1

Very reductive right now. But in terms of weight, attack, structure, acid and finesse this is the best young Roncevie I’ve tasted among the last six vintages. I look forward to checking on this in a year, should show excellent bottle development given the components that are there now. — 10 days ago

Eric Egan

9.7

This was just stunning. One of those rare but complete Burgundy moments you dream about...
By a good head the best bottle of Burgundy I’ve had in a long time (from any producer, including a number of DRC La Tache etc.). A rare purity of fruit and intent - with a focused, peacock-tail like depth and length that just went on and on. A wonderful mix of redcurrents, raspberries, rhubarb, white pepper, and pomegranates, with a superb cut of scintillating acidity. The kind of wine that puts all the modern over-ripe Burgundies produced today into sharp focus. Why on Earth would any sane person aim for something other than this... — 8 days ago

Chris England

9.2

A decent Pinot @ £45 that we paired with Mrs Es fresh Angelotti pasta with a cheese bechamel sauce in mushroom, pea & diced pancetta 😍 ⏩ pop over to Instagram for pic or watch video from a few days ago 🎥

📍 Benjamin Leroux Vosne-Romanée 2013

🏵 92 points

🍇 Pinot Noir

🍷 Clear ruby w/ a purple hint

👃 Being dragged through a dirty bramble bush in silky pajamas with herby smoke embers, violets & a prune splat

👄 Med body of blackberry, strawberry & wild raspberry in Mrs acidity w/ an earthy undertone

🎯 Long earth pruny red fruit & blackberry cocoa kiss
— 13 days ago