Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

vintage 2021 | Expressive smell with minerals, leather, tobacco. Juicy with bitters in aftertaste. very good effort. — 9 days ago

Jenks

8.9

Babeasca Neagra from Romania. New grape for me. Juicy red fruits, lil chocolate. Interesting wine. 12.5%. Good. — 3 months ago

Daniel Bloom

9.1

Woods, woods, & autumnal woods.
Light brown/reds abound. Cherries and leather and dead leaves, trees. Definitely a wine that hasn’t been futzed with. Gulpable as L.F. is known do say.
Hits those casual Nebbiolo notes across the spectrum, perfect w left over Sunday gray and ravioli.
Thanks @FassSelections
— 7 months ago

romo

9.1

This is the Prieto Picudo red. Pls update @Delectable — 3 years ago

Chris Buggy

9.1

Nice tannins, good body. Perfect for short rib, and dark chocolate — 4 years ago

Riccardo Arrigoni

8.9

Buttafuoco storico AIS
Giovane. 2015 annata calda
Bevuto nel 2021 — 5 years ago

Alan Snitow

9.2

Beautiful — 6 years ago

Hayden Hamilton

9.1

Really nice. — 7 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

One of the good bottles, and a beautiful reminder of why old Alto Piemonte is magic. Gorgeous mature nose of moss, seaweed, red roses, desiccated cherry, loam, chestnut, dried leaves and bark, with that old Nebbiolo road-tar thing hovering underneath. Palate still has real charge and life, with surprisingly youthful fruit, juicy cherry on the finish, and big 1989 structure, but the tannins are integrated and carrying the wine beautifully. Not refined like great Barolo or Barbaresco, but soulful, wild, alive, and deeply compelling. With air, the wine is getting more integrated and more beautiful. The nose has moved into that old Nebbiolo caramelized/seared register, with the desiccated cherry, roses, loam, moss, bark and chestnut now feeling deeper and more fused. The palate is gaining finesse, but this is not polished or refined in a Barolo/Barbaresco way. It is old Alto Piemonte: high-acid 1989 structure, big but integrated tannins, gorgeous fruit, and that wild, soulful mountain Nebbiolo charge still running through it. Still 9.4, maybe nudging higher if it keeps knitting together. — a month ago

Pooneet K

9.3

Absolutely delicious. Last had a bit under 4 years ago and the age has served this well, though honestly this could use still more time. Opened for 3 hours and decanted for 1.5, which worked well. Beautiful dark aromatics on the nose. Intensity of fruit on the palate with a long acid driven finish. Tannins are still quite present but with pork chops with a mustardy sauce this paired nicely. Really enjoyed. — 4 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Haven’t had this wine in a while, and my god, what a return. Nose is sick. Comforting aromas of chestnut, spice, tar, leather, roses and more. So deep, accurate, and detailed, with loads of sweet spices. 9.6 nose. Gorgeous. The palate comes in with huge concentration and sap, big tannins that will smooth out with air. Dark cherry fruit and a whole inner world of florals and spices. The finish just imprints itself on your palate, juicy, suave, but in need of air. It’s all there.

With air, the nose picks up caramel, tree bark, and forest floor. Really elegant and pure. The tannins still need age and oxygen to calm down, but after much air, it’s lovely. Nose turns harmonious and full, tree bark, oolong tea, tar, roses, dark macerated cherries. Velvety palate, luscious fruit. So fresh and nimble. — a year ago

Riccardo Arrigoni

9.1

Aspettare 5/6 mesi. Super — 5 years ago

Katie

9.0

Delicious! This is by far the best Romanian wine we’ve tried so far. Let it open up and see how the flavors and aromas change. Great wine! — 5 years ago

with Alex

Anthony De Blasi

9.0

First Romanian wine, looking forward to try more... — 6 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Truly one of my favorite wines.

Such bright delicious fruit. Mineral. Great acidity. Grippy. Complex. Gorgeous hint of bitter. Gorgeous citrus. Elegant savory element.

Fass selections — 3 months ago

Ted Holland

9.3

Wow, a beautifully aging wine, nose clearly showed age with some tobacco, dried fruits, and a hint of a lizard’s cherry! Wine still has vibrant tannins and dark fruit elegance persists for a nice balance while it developed in the glass. 1993 vintage opened and drank on 25Feb2026!!! Enjoy — 4 months ago

David Koenen

8.9

@delectable: this is the Il Chiosso Colline Novaresi Rosato Ficorosa 2023 — 8 months ago

David Shaw

9.1

My first wine I’ve ever tasted from Moldova. Jancis Robinson reviewed it in Financial Times January 27 2023. Tasting and decanting now… purple, very good clarity. Aromas of leather (wood) and strawberry, flavors of strawberry and cherry with wood, light to moderate seed and skin tannins on finish. Light bodied but solid tannin structure. Needs at least 60 minutes to decant. 24 hours later, tasting really well, some real character. A worthy red table wine — 3 years ago

David Shaw

9.0

New vintage. Ruby red, excellent clarity. Moderate pigment extraction. Red fruit, cherry peel and berry flavors with a graphite, black pepper, black olive and seed bitterness finish. Tangerine peel aftertaste. Dense flavor profile, good acid, not your typical WA state Grenache. — 5 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

2nd time around the bend with this one. Gorgeous perfumed nose. Roses. Berry fruit and mega cherries. Super earthy and mineral. So expansive. Palate is so suave and juicy with incredibly integrated rustic tannins and just so juicy. Amazing purity. Just terrific wine. So juicy. Gimme some pasta Fageoli! — 5 years ago