Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Gorgeous red berry fruit on the nose and some spice and a big time grapiness. Smoke as well and gorgeous wet earth. So classic. Lipstick like intensity. Palate is teeming with energy and crunch and amazing clarity to the red fruits. Long, juicy and very pure. Nice hit of opulence in the mid and very sapid finish. Succulent and so delicious. Unreal focus here. Nose is super floral now. Wow. This might be a 9.5. Overnight this goes to a 9.5 as it gets supernal balance and just unreal mouthfeel and depth. My favorite of this bottling ever. — 6 months ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.3

Fruits rouges, griottes, un peu de bois mais sans lourdeur. Une bouche d’une belle classe et élégance, un équilibre exemplaire, approchable pour un 2015, excellent. 93-94

Red fruit, cherries, touch of wood that is mot disturbing. The palate has this generous fruit of the 2015, it is balanced, classy, elegant and approachable for a 2015. Gorgeous. — 2 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.2

Super beau sur les fruits rouges, griottes, des épices, légèrement terreux, tout en finesse et en élégance, belle texture de tannins et une finale assez longue sur de beaux fruits rouges généreux typiques de ce millésime. 92-93

Such a nice wine, generous red fruit, cherries, some spices, slight earthy feel mostly on the nose, all about finesse and balance, nice texture and silkiness of tannins with a long finish with that generous 2015 fruit. — 3 years ago

Doug Powers

9.0

Floral and red fruited Gamay, good acidity and balance, first Chermette Rose I’ve ever had (visited once, but we drank the rouges only), very fine Beaujolais Rose!! — 6 months ago

with Monique and Jim

Romain Fitoussi

9.2

A lot of pleasure on this intense red cherry red fruit wine, with coated tannins, balanced by a dry character and a beautiful mineral tension that gives a very beautiful structure. The whole is arbitrated by a well-melted aging with smoky notes, cedar, tobacco. 2017 is just ready to drink

Beaucoup de plaisir sur ce vin fruits rouges griottes intenses, aux tanins enrobés, contrebalancés par un caractère sec et une belle tension minérale qui donne une très belle structure. Le tout est arbitré par un élevage bien fondu aux notes fumées, cèdre, tabac. 2017 est tout juste assez fondu pour être bu. — 2 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.0

Very expressive nose of red berries and fruit, strawberries and cherries, spices and clearly whole clusters that give this wine a freshness with nice acidity and a certain structure, very generous red fruit, a charming wine. 89-90

Un nez très aromatique de fruits rouges et d’épices douces, Fraises, griottes entre autres, très charmeur tout comme la bouche qui est fraîche, généreuse avec ces fruits rouges, de vendanges entières de toute évidence et avec une certaine structure qui en font une bouteille délicieuse. 89-90
— 4 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Intense and perfumed. Still young. Great purity. … 3 days later (poured back into bottle and vacuum sealed), the nose a lot less pronounced but lovely mouthfeel. Plum and black pepper and wild flowers. A slight bitterness. Very good, but best in day one — 9 months ago

with Tony and Matt

Fabian Kühlhorn

9.0

Would have guessed maybe 2017 or so… such a young and lively wine for a 2009. A year that was hot and sunny in the Loire, but that is not a problem here. — 2 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.3

Un nez vraiment aromatique et qui pinote à souhait, du fruit rouge et noir à revendre, griottes, des épices, du fruit mur sans excès en bouche aussi, un vin qui a de la matière, une texture assez riche tout en ayant une belle fraîcheur, belle longue finale délicieuse. Bien sur encore très jeune mais tellement prometteur. 92-93

Gorgeous aromatic nose with red and dark fruit that we also find in the fresh, balanced, rich and silky palate, great length and amazing finish too. — 3 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.5

I always loved griottes it is undeniably a Chambertin but it is more perfumed and a touch lighter than its illustrious neighbors. Silky red fruit and spices, super long burn totally at its plateau. Great wine. — 4 years ago