Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Checking in on the 2016. Nose is all olive. Bacon as well. Super granite and also feral and primal. Wow. Gorgeous developmental. Some gravy. So meaty. So olivey. So N. Rhone. Classic. Palate is ripe, rich and chiseled in the 16 style. Lean and gorgeous filigree. Good depth, fresheners and impressive mid palate amplitude. Tannins clamp down initially but will mellow out. Juicy and very long. Superb. — 2 years ago

Hamza

9.4

The rock is primal. Earth elemental with fresh cut. Hint of pineapple and triumphant tannins coat your tongue with flavor. Minerals like a mine shaft. — 4 years ago

Jim Chen

9.1

Must wait must wait. So good, but still relatively primal. — 5 years ago

Sam Hara

9.1

Solid cab. Nothing too special but enjoyable none the less. — 5 years ago

Eric

9.3

Primal beast! — 4 years ago

Jim Chen

8.9

Primal! Hold. — 5 years ago

with Jeff

Big Wave Dave

9.0

Deep seductive blue and black fruit nose. Rich, plush dark fruit with a vegetal note. Med full bodied. Luxurious and harmonious. Sweet but with enough fine tannin to provide structure. Still very primal but will develop over next 10+ yrs. yumster. — 5 years ago

William Paley

9.5

super minerals and searing acid - benefitted a great deal from an hour open. pretty red fruit, mainly pomegranate, a touch of dried leaf, backside has a metallic halo (blood? holy water?), teensy bit of orange rind, a lavish salt-wash, something almost bodily, primal, and with a color reminiscent of fresh red beet juice and deep pink peony petals it comes awfully close to breathtaking at times.... — 4 years ago

with Jess

Dan R

9.1

Great vintage for Malescasse. Very primal and coarse, showing a rough outer shell of earth, coffee and barrel char notes. There’s a nicely concentrated core of dark fruit and licorice that takes time to expose. Tannins are chewy but ripe. This will be great in a few years. Love the power and intensity here. A Bdx drinker’s Bdx. — 5 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.2

Opaque, deep ruby. Unmistakably old world nose - damp basement meets wet stone and soy. On the palate, this has a sweet cherry character, with briny and mushroom notes, still quite primal and unresolved. But serious. — 5 years ago