Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Wow what a nose. Huge spice and violets and a feral quality. Glorious and expressive. Stunning. 9.6 nose. Smells ready to go which is in line with 2017 Walter. Also some dead leaves and tree bark. Palate is ripe, supple and juicy with great energy and freshness. Delicate yet intensely flavorful. So succulent. Red cherries galore and some cassis as well. Drink now with aplomb — 20 days ago

Nic Anderson

9.5

I love this blend. I’m a big fan of J. Lohr and came across this bottle in Costco. It’s soft, fruity, but bold. Smell notes of chocolate, strawberry. Tastes of licorice, plum, cinnamon. I’m sure this would be even more fantastic to cellar. — 2 months ago

Brad Jensen

9.4

A somewhat nutty nose, with brandy undertones, and a Palate like great pecan pie, with candied cherry pie filling, butterscotch and caramel. Delicious, smooth, silky. — 2 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Crafted from up to 100 individual small lots, deep Ruby color with aromas of red berry fruit and sweet spices. On the palate ripe black cherry and blackberry flavors, with some dried fruit notes, toasty oak, cinnamon spice and cola tones. Fine mouth coating tannins with balanced acidity carry this rich wine to a long finish. Nice! — 4 days ago

Katie Anderson

9.3

Crunchy acidity, apple, chalk A fan — a month ago

with Mackenzie

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Nose: Deep. Sexy. Almost a cherry liquor.

Palate: dense but elegant. Silky. Delicious. Perfect cherries.

Fass selections. — 2 months ago

Kelsey Walls

8.9

It smells a lot like rubbing alcohol but luckily it tastes a lot better. It’s sweet but not too sweet so i like it a lot more than the other ones. Tastes like chocolate a little. — 8 days ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Compared to the last Becker dry Spatlese tasted, this was less inviting: a bit more mineral & stony, with none of the fruit flavors associated with Riesling to be found. Very chiseled & imagine needs time in bottle/ long decant. You can still taste the precision though. — a month ago

with Owen

Bob Boyle

9.1

Quite tannic and a little closed on opening which obscures the fruit so didn’t drink much the first night, but what a difference a day makes. Opened to great fruit & structure with good long finish — 2 months ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.3

My 4th spin with this vintage and it's holding steady, if a little more reserved than it was in youth. The 16s were super open and drinkable young but have added more of what you'd expect in it's youth, more structure, more density, just more serious. Decant if having right away. If you can plan it, splash decant briefly and rebottle it with the cork open for 24 hours. — 2 months ago