Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Gorgeous and very stoney nose. Like crushed limestone and the smoke from it being pulverized. Deep black and red cherry. Smells like a place. A place I want to be. Juicy and so energetic with glorious fruit and unreal energy and internal architecture. Unreal balance and so pure. What a wine and what a vintage for the kid. So juicy and brilliant tiny berry fruit intensity and such explosiveness. Long finish with velvety tannins and insane sweetness. So good. — a month ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Gorgeously red fruited and boisterous nose. Red cherries all the way. Stunning stony aromas as well and unreal lift. Lots of red cherry skin as well. Terrific energy and chord progression fruit as well. Juicy, complex and very energetic and appears wide open at first but let’s see where air takes it. Wondeful acidify and freshness and lovely sour cherry fruit. Really fine and velvety tannins and I can’t believe how red fruited it is. Sweet and ripe tannins. Terrific inner mouth aromas with air and insane sweetness. A winner! Now with 7 hours of air it’s so stoney and classically Pommard. Palate is ample and juicy and super mineral with tangy red fruits. But man is this mineral. Like licking stones. — a month ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

This is one of my favorite Lieu-Dit Pommards from Rebourgeon. That nose of kinked out Pommard fruit, super stones always delivers. The lift, the purity, the confectionary aromas. The precision in William’s 23 is just incredible. What a palate! Sweet fruit, oodles of stones, cherry liqueur, such freshness, finesse and precision. Really balanced and just such high quality winemaking. Juicy, tangy, succulent. Nose is like Burgundy goes to the carnival with this kinky, cotton candy confectionery that is off the charts. I have always believed in William and in 2023 he has made the leap. What a brilliant wine. Firm, stoney tannins. — 3 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Such a brilliant wine and it never gets old how good and how inexpensive this is. Nose is all black, red and sour cherries and super ebullient. Just amazing fruit and even some blackberry and blackberry flower. In your face fruit like this level should be. Haunting and elegant and this is giving Volnay like no other version. The nose is a 9.5. Wow!! The palate is a fruit nuke. But it’s also got energy and edge. Great acidity and minerals along side the plump fruit. Really balanced and so pure and just beautiful. Licorice on the finish and I can only expect it to open more. This is so lush and decadent on day 2. What a wine. A highlight of the vintage. — a month ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Love this site. What a nose. Deep and enveloping, with dark cherry fruit and some blackberry and unreal herbs, stones and complexity. An off the charts confectionary sweetness. Wow what a palate. Velvety and so sweet with stunning purity and depth. Insane freshness and elite finesse. Stunningly delicious and so complete. Wow the acidity is off the charts and complex fruit and sweet, velvety tannin is out of this world. The nose is so pungent and high toned yet deep and layered. After 7 hours this is gorgeous. Deeply fruited, juicy and so dense but has grace and fantastic, ripe and high quality tannin. Really meaty finish. — a month ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

Nose is classic with green apple skins, some phyllo dough, spice and nice minerals. Uncomplicated but gorgeous in its effect. Palate is juicy and plump. Good freshness and texture. Sneaky length and very pure. I won’t sell it but it’s something I’d love to pour BTG if I had a restaurant. Nice lime zest and mineral finish and has real good mid palate density. — 3 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Stunning. What an insane nose. Candied mid to late season cherries, insane spice and that classic stoney Pommard minerality. Unreal concentration but never heavy and so much depth. Waves of fruit crashing on limestone rocks. This is very very exciting wine. Only 595 bottles. Welp! Nose also has some super detailed sweet cocoa and just top top clarity. Wow that palate, those late breaking Pommard tannins and exquisitely formed fruit. This is something else. Let’s see how it performs with air. 9.6 now. Now the next day after 14+ hours open this is singing. Nose has a deep cherry perfume and wonderful spice and brooding Pommard minerals. Terrific aromatic complexity. Palate is just lights out with freshness, deep mid to late season cherry and also some early season as well. Brooding but suave stony Pommard minerality and gorgeous complexity and depth. Exquisite juiciness and balance. Long finish and so well made. Lingers forever. — 3 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

I adore this site. The texture is always on point. Restrained opulence is the calling card here. Nose is super complex and stoney out of the gates. Really a mess of limestone and some fresh hermes Then the intense ripe cherry leaks through. Black cherry, red cherry, sour cherry all at once. Nuclear levels of spice, stone and even some mulberry. Superb balance and energy with compelling sweetness and stoniness. Lush, plush texture that will get even more lush and plus with air. Very seductive. Oh man the tiny berry fruit intensity is off the charts. Juicy and so sweet but backed up by insane energy and stoniness. Opening by the minute. Terrific inner mouth aromas and just amazing velvety tannins. 9.5 for now but let’s see the go higher with air. — a month ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

I adore this bottling and my goodness did William kill 23. Gorgeous nose of wet earth, peppermint, soppy red and sour cherries, and my goodness like 4D limestone. William has arrived. This is a 9.6 nose. Pre tariffs and weak dollar this was $41!! My goodness this nose is legend. Just stunning. Juicy and so pure. Unreal balance and tangy red fruits and brilliantly framed oak. So pure. Unreal elegance. Just tremendous. Such crunch and energy. What a beauty. Such freshness. Let’s see what air does but this is a 9.5. The nose got insane with air. Like an insane floral bouquet. — 2 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

This is the best wine William has ever made. I am blown away. Holy shit this is a new level for “The Kid.” Outrageous nose of late season red and black cherry fruit but what really stands out here is the absolute clarity. Wow it smells like God’s jelly donut. Unreal 9.8 almost a 9.9 nose. I am not joking. The depth and purity of the aromas is off the charts. Under all that fruit is stones. Those Pommars stones. Like a Pommard rolling stone. Wow. Just sick. There’s spice and herbals. My goodness this is elite. This is just incredible work. The palate is just a knockout. The ultimate power without weight but also with the ultra concentrated tiny berry intensity that comes from the best grapes on the best bunches on the best vines. Just incredible. Elegance and just incredible power and never never heavy. The tannins are ripe and fierce. Chewy and dense. It’s early but this is ridiculous. 9.7 for now. But it will go up. Oh wow the fruit is so sweet. Extraordinary length and freshness. — 3 months ago