Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Just fantastic as always. Needed a glass with a late dinner. Just wow. So clean and juicy and unreal density and old vine sap. Unreal energy and freshness. Tannins ripe but substantial. Nose is granite and blackberry and flowers and meat and olives. Glorious. — 2 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Nose is so seductive. Wow. Violets. Meat, dark berry fruit. Unreal granite and just so expressive. I’m thrilled how great this is. Stunning. Raspberry spice cake. Just sick. 9.6 nose. Smells like God’s Jelly Donut. Palate is juicy, precise and lean. Wow is this slathered with minerals, but seems a bit closed initially. But man is poised, concentrated and slathered with gorgeous minerals. Long floral/berry infused finish. Let’s see how this develops but so fine now. — 2 years ago

Pooneet K

9.0

Beautiful inky dark Syrah. Ready to go after a couple hour decant. And a nice pairing with roast chicken thighs with lemon and green olives. Quite seamless on the palate with a bit of structure. Maybe one smidge less acid than I hoped for at the end to make it sing - but still very nice. — 3 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Love this St. Joseph. Such a different more “Côte-Rotie” style than the classic Mauves, Tournon, Epine styles. Super floral. Violets and more violets. Gorgeous precise and high toned aromas of mineral and lavender as well. Gorgeous red fruits and a lovely smokey, meaty and gamey element. Palate is structured and refined, and a bit tight out of the bottle but does blossom after an hour, but ideally I’d sit on this. Precise and linear, gamey, with huge granitic minerality and wonderfully pure. Give this 3-5 more years. But gorgeous wine if a bit young. — 5 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

This is the same wine just a new name. Gorgeous nose of gras, old dusty books, plantains, some spice and fresh woodshop dust Also some interesting umami notes. Wet earth as well. Just so complex and inviting. I love this wine. Wow what a palate. Rich and electric with a wonderful juxtaposition between richness and granitic freshness. Awesome texture and length. Really classy and wonderful wine. Terrific Marsanne minerals coming through now and awesome depth and concentration but still very nimble on the finish. — 6 months ago

Romain Fitoussi

9.3

Basket of fresh black and red fruits, smoky notes, roasted, charcoal, pepper, violet. The nose suggests a little residual sugar, except it will turn out to be very dry in the mouth. Supple and beautiful creaminess, the texture in the mouth is beautiful. Côte-Rôtie style. Superb for its price.

Panier de fruits frais noirs et rouges, notes fumées, rôties, charbon, poivre, violette. Le nez suggère un peu de sucre résiduel, hors il se révélera très sec en bouche. Souplesse et belle onctuosité, la texture en bouche est magnifique. De la puissance totalement enrobée. Une Cote Rôtie masquée, sous le nom Vin de France. Superbe pour son prix! — 2 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.2

Young, but great upside potential. Old vine Marsanne from the lieu-dit Aubert, east of the Sainte Epine vineyard. One of the original St Joseph appellation parcels, tended by Trollat for decades according to the spec sheet. Delightful. — 4 years ago

Matt

9.4

Pure pleasure, vivacious, juicy, deeply textured and ripe. A completely different experience than LBT — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

100 marsanne - gorgeous nose, very lifted and mineral and pulverized granite and earth, but dry earth, juicy and silky and so so refined and wonderful hierarchy of flavors. So so elegant and juicy. wonderful. @Delectable Wine this is St. Epine Blanc. — a year ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.3

Wow. Quite intense. Peppery, forest fruit spicy. Violet, fennel and black currant. Very sweet but also herbal, garrigue, and with pleasant bitterness; spicy, with a long finish. Really good stuff. Super concentrated. — 3 years ago