Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Nose is all mid season red cherries, cherry flower and so so pure. Mulberry, cranberry bog and so much more. Lipstick like intensity and just so focused and clear. Insane nose. Unreal limestone and depth but also it’s like it’s vibrating on its own plain. Wow what a palate. Juicy and structured with just silly good cherry fruit of the early to mid season style and unreal clarity, focus and linearity. Unreal concentration and depth. So stunning and like a squeegee on the palate. Now some violets on the nose and unreal concentration and sorry but light and ethereal. Stunning beyond belief.After air it gets more supple and textured. All red fruit on the palate. — 6 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Nose is cherry lipstick. Elegant earth.

Palate is perfect cherry. Some mere hint of bitterness. So fresh. As it opens cherry licorice. Snap this is good.

Man this is fucking well made. 9.7 on that scale. Balance. Finesse. So great. You can serve this to a billionaire. If they get burgundy they will love it.

Bought from fass selections — 2 years ago

DC

9.3

Nose that fills up the whole room. I got rubber and ash and licorice and lipstick, but it’s a kaleidoscope and changes every five minutes for hours. Amazing stuff - wouldn’t waste it on a meal. — 3 years ago

Iwan

9.5

What a beauty. Has that signature Cayuse funk on the nose. I would be happy just to smell this wine. Black fruit. Beautifully balanced. A serious wine with a silly label. — 9 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Gorgeous cherry lipstick on the nose. Some antique wood. Some Elegant library dust. Really gorgeous an hour in.

Palate is sweet cherry fruit. Oh my god good. Some cherry licorice. Really delicious. The Buffet style. As it opens just supreme elegance. So silky.

Still a bit of clingy tanins. These meld in after an hour.

Fass selections — 2 years ago

Bob McDonald

8.9

Deep dark Ruby in colour - almost black. Ripe dark plum flesh and skins on nose and palate - sweet fruit and chocolate. A mouthful of flavour if not a bit simple. McLaren Vale does these big rich Shirazes well. A crowd pleaser with excellent QPR - a gift from my brother in law. — 2 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Gorgeously wide open nose of mid to late season cherries, gorgeous wet moss and earth, has a lipstick like stank to it, which is low yielding 16’s signature. Terrific depth to this nose. A nose that one can chew on. Juicy, round, fresh and structured with superb finesse and Pommard stoniness. Showing so well. I’m going to seek out other 16 Pommard village wines as this and the Bouley I had a few weeks ago were knockouts. This has such terrific fruit but is still holding back. I’d wait 3-4 year till next bottle but very very good wine today. — 3 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2022 | World of difference when drinking this wine on its own or with food. Much better with food! Ideal luncheon wine from Grenache and Cinsault | paired with Limburg pig on a maïs tortilla with cabbage | at Gist Tilburg — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Great vintage for Boussey and this charmer of a wine. Expansive cherry and lovely dry, dusty earth on the nose and the fruit has a lipstick like intensity. Lovely, inviting and aromatic depth. Palate is silky, sweet and bursting with fresh cherries and lovely finesse and some good refinement for this level. Juicy and long with great fruit presence. Can’t ask for more in an under $30 Burgundy. — 2 years ago

Byron C Mayes

9.1

Star bright pale straw. Inviting nose of citrus rind and raw almond. Echoed on the medium palate which adds ginger, underripe mango, and birch. Tangy, medium plus acidity runs from entry to moderate finish. The second white of Valandraud is a lighter, brighter expression of "upper middle-scale" Bordeaux Blanc Sec. Great entry into the style for the New Zealand or modern California SB drinker. Pair with fresh water fish of course, but also fried chicken, roast suckling pig, or vegetarian fare. Drink now through 2025. — 2 years ago