Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Beautifully expressive Cabernet Franc nose of red currant, sour cherry, cassis, moss, lavender, thyme and an enormous amount of rosemary. The palate initially offers glorious, creamy red fruit, excellent purity, freshness and ripe, melting tannins, with remarkable precision for 2018. That first open-bottle preview is seductive, but air brings a firmer, chewier and more tannic structure, while a small alcoholic seam becomes increasingly pronounced. Still juicy, vibrant and unmistakably Cabernet Franc, but less seamless than the opening suggested.

Day two is the better showing. The nose is deeper, with more cassis and the same nervous herbal energy. The palate has rounded out, gaining a touch of opulence and a gorgeous creamy texture, while the alcohol has largely integrated and the balance is now excellent. Beautiful wine. — 3 days ago

Giampiero Nadali

Wine Blogger Aristide

9.4

It's difficult to beat the quality/price ratio of this sweet Cadillac AOC: around €10-12 at the winery. Bordeaux reveals not to be defined by great reds... lot of awesome wines to discover there... — 13 years ago

Andrew Belzer

9.0

Floral, perfume, earth, spice, and a bit a funk from the whole cluster fermentation. — 3 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

2004 - tasted blind I was mistaken this wine for a smaller Sauternes domaine, it's absolutely interesting to taste older Loupiac to be surprised, this wine has a clear decent botytristone — 10 years ago

JKT

9.1

Worth the wait! Typical honeyed sweet nose of citrus fruits with that Sauternes earthy toasty sweaty aroma and orange peel. Medium body with good acids and unctuous and strong structure that married perfectly with a pork pate from Wegmans. Finish liners on and on. Yum better than either alone. LW agrees and is into it. Kept going strong over the several days. Yum. — 10 years ago

Nicolas Bazinet

9.1

Cadillac, 2001 — 11 years ago

with Yannik and Sylvain