Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

What’s a hot summer day without Delectable eating one of my better notes? I think this app was last updated during the Ford administration. The top cuvée at Spater-Veit and this is my first time sitting with it. Stunning wine of remarkable beauty. Best Mosel Pinot I have ever had. Nose is Vosne Romanee. Spice galore, a hint of citrus peel, stunning deep cherry fruit of the mid to late season kind. Slate, earth and gorgeous minerals. It’s so clear I am stunned. The detail on the aromas is remarkable. What. A. Palate. The tannins are remarkable. Sweet and ripe. The purity is just crazy. The balance is perfect. This is a 9.7. I cannot believe it. The finesse, the length, the sheer class of this wine is a new benchmark for Mosel and maybe all of German Pinot for me. I am floored. The mint, fresh spruce and desiccated leaves on the nose are remarkable in their clarity. The fruit is insane on the palate. The way it’s integrated with the tannins is just amazing. 9.7 for now and maybe 9.8? The elegance and fineness of this is remarkable. Just a benchmark. Tangy as well with superb inner mouth aromas. Really hasn’t budged in 25 hours. Super sweet and silky with preposterous length and those fine and ripe tannins. — 15 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

What a nose. Spice, umami, deep aroma, clean dry botrytis, honey, peanut butter, rich concentrated, texture, ripeness, honeyed apricot fruit. So hedonistic. — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Juicy nose, apricot, but a bit quiet now. Huge power, depth and concentration, grippy and dense, tremendous, higher sugar and high extract, dense, huge acid, love the structure, energetic for days. So so good. Just spectacular. Needs age. But this is as special as it gets. — a year ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose: dried apricot. Intense.

Palate: sweet apricot.

Fass selections — 24 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

This is such a great Mosel Pinot. Sour cherries, violets on the nose and some darker cherries and spice with moderate air but the palate is a showstopper. Sweet red cherries, such freshness and bursting with flavor and that rare tiny berry fruit intensity. Just so luscious and succulent. The energy of this wine is incomparable. Really lovely and sweet tannin. — 3 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Nose is so complex. Wide open nose of spices, herbs, thyme, rosemary, tarragon, apricot, meyer lemon, so comple, Riesling perfume, also leather and slate. Age has done wonders. Airy minerality as well. What a palate, This is perfect wine. So much going on. Bittersweet cocoa and coffee and also unreal acids and super complex. In the best spot. Umami for lack of a better word on the palate. Long and chewy. Honeyed, Total bee sting on the tongue. Clean and fresh. @Delectable Wine this is the Goldtropfchen Spatlese “Jupp.” Thanks! — a year ago

Zach D

9.6

I was worried about this bottle as the fill level was low and there was a lot of seepage. Didn’t matter at all. Fantastic nose of concentrated stone fruit: apricot, peach, some pineapple as well. Sweet smelling flowers ie honeysuckle and slight jasmine note. Nice, mild petrol aroma. On the palate very concentrated and in a great place in terms of the freshness and acidity combined with that aged Riesling profile of honeyed stone fruit, candied pineapple, dried citrus rind, all with a acidity framing the wonderful fruit. In a great place right now.
@Lyle Fass — 2 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Wow. In the zone. Palate had confectionary cotton candy and smarties. Gorgeous apple pie nose. Drink up but no rush but kind of a rush. — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Dense, gorgeous fruit, citrus, creamy, great acid but comforting acid. Awesome. — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.0

This is 80% Pinot and 20% Dunkelfelder. A charming and easy drinking wine. Dark and deep and not cerebral at all. Juicy and tangy with great freshness and just delicious. So fun. — a year ago