Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Just a great wine. 100% amphorae aged and fermented Cabernet Franc from vineyards in Muscadet. Much more open than last bottle. Gorgeous pure berry fruit. Mid season cherry. Some cassis. Spice. Resin. Almost smells like an e an m Grand Cru. Unreal florals, herbals and spice. Sick nose 9.6 nose. Leather. So complex. Just sick. Just noticed 11.5% alcohol. Deep, tannic and ripe. Big tannins but so elegant and finesse driven. Obvious structure and tannins place all over the mouth. Sappy and barely sweet with immense power and depth. Concentrated tiny berry fruit. Juicy and pure. So long and deep but also has so much more fruit, structure and other good stuff in reserve. So good. — 5 days ago

Kai Wright

9.4

A beautiful study in balance. Indulgent tropical fruits and sharp, clarifying acid. — 2 days ago

Josh Morgenthau

8.9

Stinky af- strong cowpie that mostly blew off by the end of the glass. Good stuff underneath. Silky with more fruit, like a mouthful of black raspberries and red currants. Savory/brothy finish and a whiff of pine and cab franc spice. — a day ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

My favorite vintage for this wine showing black fruits, cedar, earth, bell pepper, leather & tobacco. — 12 days ago

Ely Cohn

9.4

The three I tried from Le Grange Tiphaine really put me in a chair. This though, is one of the best Loire expressions of Chenin I’ve ever come across. It’s rich, steely, textured, with smokey flinty, fresh (not baked) small stone fruits. Apricots, quince, pear. Wow. — 4 days ago

Peter Sultan

9.0

I lost my tasting notes but remember a very strong start, almost too strong for this Loire cab franc blend (cot?). Short decant will help. Very intense red fruits & a bit of currant. — 23 days ago

ES Faiello

9.0

Spot on, beautiful expression of Chenin: bone dry, crisp & clean w/zippy acidity & pure apple/quince/pear trio on the nose, minerals, lean angular focused, not fooling around here, zero RS — 21 days ago

Ely Cohn

9.1

Candy for the Chenin freaks like me. Preserves varietal character better than most sparkling Vouvray. Off dry with about 14g of RS, all of which comes from pressed juice (no dosage). Baked red apple, blanched almonds, and spiced honey cake. Powerful big textures. — 13 days ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

These La Grange Tiphaine wines (import from Jenny and Francois) are a must. The most nuanced, wild, complex, elegant, unassuming profiles. This is meaty. It has all the bloody iron rich minerals you could ever want. Herbal and mushroomy with screeching grip. The most minimal pyrazine Cab Franc, if green bell pepper isn't your thing. — 7 days ago

Tom Casagrande

9.3

Just terrific. Nose has the purest essence of ripe lemon-lime and crushed limestone. Not even a hint of unripe grass or cat pee. In the mouth, there is saliva-inducing bright but ripe acidity, and mouthfilling flavors. Gorgeous. — 6 days ago