Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

The nose is psycho. Lime zest, butter, actually brown butter, an airy ethereal quality, maybe some white peach, some citrus and unreal discreetly framed oak that has just made me shake my head how well integrated it is. Like insane. 9.8 nose. All the wet stones one can imagine. Florent is a completely different winemaker than when I started with him. This is super elite. The palate is a masterclass in controlled detonating So opulent yet so nimble. The texture, my goodness the texture. Silk. The finest silk. Extraordinary concentration and so nimble, so sappy and so pure. Unreal density and finesse and ultra concentrated. But so nimble it’s like a breeze on your palate. Acid is on point as is the structure which is architectural. More Gehry than Hadid. It’s got tannin and acid plus extraordinary length. There is real heft and density here but it retains this laser like delineation. Icing on a cake like texture now after some air and silly length. Stunning. With air this got crazy crazy elegant. Brilliant. — 18 days ago

yan ho

9.1

ct 11.27.24 — 7 months ago

Samuel Sabori

9.3

Dried florals, juicy, dried strawberries, — 8 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Needs 2 years but a great wine. Still has a bit of oak. Not undrinkable now but better in 2 years.

Really clean and intense midseason cherry fruit. Some cherry spice. So clean. Savory a bit. Sweet cherry fruit. Very good deliciousness.

Fass selections . — 2 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Sarl garaudet volnay vielles Vignes.

Needs a decant. 2-3 years.

Nose: pink roses. Closed.

Palate: sweet cherry fruit. Silky. Amazing balanced.

Fass selections — 5 months ago

yan ho

9.4

ct 11.28.24 — 7 months ago

yan ho

9.1

ct 8.12.2023 — 2 years ago

Zach D

9.6

Everything I love about Burgundy. Light bodied, intensely perfumed fresh roses; flavors of cherry, raspberries, spice, earth, acidity; grip. Tannins and acidity should mellow with some age. It’s got it all. Continues to evolve with more air and the fruit seems to get sweeter. What a great wine. @Lyle Fass — 4 months ago

Shay A

9.3

(Two previous 1983 wine reviews never made it on here, so copying from my CT).

Continuing a run of ‘83s over the last 3-6 months, this not only showed quite well, but it was at its best after almost two hours in the bottle. Whereas the ‘83 Pichon was clean and elegant, this was a bit more dense and powerful. Beautifully expressive aromatics of potpourri, espresso, fig and leather with a flavor profile mostly on the red/black fruit side of the spectrum. The mid-palate showed good weight and continued to bulk-up during the evening. Old cherry-tobacco note at the finish. Honestly, this drank like it was more early ‘90s than it was early ‘80s. Good. — 5 months ago

yan ho

9.1

ct 10.12.24 — 9 months ago