Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Needs 45 minutes then it’s showtime. Unreal cool climate roses, just stunning florals, huge mineral. Beautiful perfume here. Palate is supple and so elegant. Gorgeous, and delicate inner mouth perfume wrapped in velvety structure. Tangy cherry fruit with that earthy sweetness and finish with just perfect tannins. A brilliant wine. — 23 days ago

Tom Casagrande

9.3

Amazingly tight for a 16-year old wine. The acids are smell-able on the nose, zinging along tart, macerated wild cherry fruit and glacier-crushed rock fragments. (OK, maybe I’m making up the part about how the crushed rocks were created.) In the mouth it’s deep but the acids rip this along on the palate like a whitewater canoe ride. Really really unique and good. — 8 months ago

with Angelo

Iwan

9.1

Dark and brooding, smoky and masculine, yet with lightness and freshness. At 18 years of age this is in its perfect drinking window. A beautiful Nebbiolo that’s not from Barolo or Barbaresco. — 3 years ago

romo

9.1

Felt a bit tired. Some drive in finish but lacking energy. — a month ago

Matt Perlman

9.3

Slightly less open knit than the Grumello but ultimately very similar. Bright juicy berries, roses, earth and rock texture. Opens up with a half hour of air. Great for current drinking — 3 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.4

Notably firmer and more deeply pitched than the Grumello. Sassella all the way from now on — a year ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

Tonight the Grumello was better, but still this was very good. More firm and structured than the Grumello, but lacked the aromatics that I was hoping for! — 4 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.2

Very good. High toned red berries and soil. A bit softer than the Sassella but you really have to squint to tell the difference — 3 months ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

Like most Valtellinas, the color is very pale, and its 9 years of age are apparent in the amber rim. The nose is superb. Dried cherry, faded roses, light leather, some old library scents, some crushed stone. Lively in the mouth, with buoyant acids propelling along minerally just-ripe macerated cherry fruit, crushed rocks, and old barrel notes. I can’t imagine this will improve, and it’s drinking really well right now. Classic. — 5 months ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.1

Beautiful aromatics with light (dried?) dusty cherries, wilted flowers, a hint of rose. Quite light, quite aetheric. So enticing!
Light bodied on the palate and very juicy. A present, fine tannic frame, filled with light cherry, a hint of red fruits, a light herby note. So poised & elegant and really delicious! — 3 years ago