Severn G

9.2

2011 | Chardonnay
Domaine Bachelet-Monnot; Les Folatières 1er Cru
Burgundy; Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet, France
(91-93; Drink 2026-31)

Not a compromised/oxidized bottle like our prior, we're doing great tonight! Ripe white peach and cooled yellow apple slices .🤤

Paired to duck confit (D'Artagnan) over green/red lentils with a hit of Dijon mustard to get the acid balance to perfection. — 2 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Such a terrific Weissburgunder. The Z man strikes again. Nose is a bit quiet off the bat. Maybe it’s a bit cold. But there is apple, mineral and some smoke. I’ll update once it gets a bit warmer. Palate is just immaculate. Ripe and rich but so precise and the limestone tingles throughout. Nose starting to get fresh cut almond slices. Such a great combo of ripe and round juxtaposed with intense jagged limestone and terrific acid structure. Such a serious wine. I sell for like $25. Just an absurd value here. Really concentrated, complex and structured. Tonight this reminds me of the 18 Brisset Cuvee Cassaneas. Out of this world. Nose has such an insane stank after 20 minutes and warning up. Sweet spices. Ocean air. Salt. This is a stunning wine. — 4 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

8.9

Tonight we opened the 2014 Sancerre Henri Bougeois Les Jeunes Vignes Rosé. From the Loire Valley Chavignol, France and 100% Pinot Noir.

On the nose is cherry, strawberry, melon, orange slices, saline and minerality.

On the palate there is cherry, raspberry, red grapefruit, wild strawberries, salinity and minerality.

This wine is medium bodied with a smooth elegant and fresh mouthfeel medium to medium + acidity with a long red fruit mineral finish. Our lives have been wrought with stress, worry and hardship over the last 2 years and we have seen friends and loved ones pass away. Be strong, stay positive and this shall pass. Love your family and friends and have strength in that we will all make it though this. Please stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 4 years ago

Joe Christenson

9.2

Great integration and balance 8 years in. Medium bodied, baking slices, dried dark fruits, black cherry, vanilla, mushroom, and plum. Great structure, complex flavor. Braised beef or pork would be a beautiful accompaniment. — 6 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Active peach-gold and inscrutably, near opaque, with an arrogantly vaulted, whited foam tower, unblemished by human tears; clinging lacing like dish soap suds, tear raggedly to silhouettes of prehistoric headbutts. Soapy breastmilk and citrus rising on yeast, grapefruit pith peeled thinly, clover rolls just browning, and leather fringes. Lively mouthfeel as expected. Lime pith and grapefruit with papery ginger slices, orange zest, magnolia, carrot bread, straw, zucchini spirals, ginseng, and banana peel. Complex rusticity. .
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with Courtney

Kel M

9.0

Pale gold color; apple, almond, melon, coconut and dried herbs on the nose; flavors of quince, melon, stone fruit and citrus blossom; light bodied but elegant - full of flavor but balanced out with the right amount of acidity. Enjoyed this with a simple nosh of herbed Brie, apple slices and crackers — 7 years ago

Gregory Fulchiero

9.1

Soil, almond slices, slight marzipan and stone. — 3 years ago

Anne Richardson

9.1

A chewy fruity Cabernet Sauvignon. Heavy body and lingering finish. Paired perfectly with my steak at the Golden Ox in Kansas City. — 4 years ago

David Kline

9.3

And now for a golden oldie! Borders on baked golden apple, poire William notes, green apple slices, and even green apple hard candy. Green pear in a pineapple wash, orange bread, pear tart, dinner roll with orange marmalade. Half-dried lemon juices spiral down pile of acid and minerality. Shows it’s age in all other ways, but acid remains unbroken. Baked crab apple, radish fringe, baked grapefruit but just browned, sour mandarins, lemon and lime piths pull it back to its sinew. Really amazing wine. Endless citrus finish.


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Lars Miller

9.1

Wonderful light cherry nose, and a bit like a chianti. Definitely old world. A little bit of tannins, but not overly tight. Mild cherry, baking slices, nutmeg, peppery, and tart. — 5 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.0

A tin jar of potpourri - dried orange slices, rose petals, cinnamon sticks. Oily orange craisins. Bright fruit, soft bite. — 6 years ago

Severn G

9.3

Dinner with a friend, brief notes this evening.

Prior notes still apply:
Nose has sweet pear, dried apple slices, subtle oak and dried bread.
Palate has honey drizzled pear, red apple flesh, bread dough, fresh green apple peel and lightly saline mineral paste on the long finish.

For ~$36, everyone should be hugging the Fass Selections team. — 6 years ago

Kimberly Holmes

9.5

Brought this back from London from 40 Maltby...was waiting for a special occasion to drink it, then ended up cracking it open with a friend and some pizza slices at 2am on a Saturday. #noregrets — 7 years ago

JP Pierce

9.4

2011. Full package for Mosel. Nice depth of fruit. Certainly has ripe apricot and lime rind and candied orange slices, licorice and only hints of slate-petrol notes. Palate is med-light with pretty length and brightness from acid and CO2. Maybe I got lucky in comparison to others. — 7 years ago

with Heidi

Kurt Schuster

8.9

Green honeydew, guava, dried apple slices, medium to low acid. — 3 years ago

with Frank and Deborah

Ryan Guy

9.2

100% Grenache. Warm slices, ripe strawberry, garrigue, and a touch of VA. Dry, mineral driven with a little CdP back end warmth. All the Provence herbs and strawberry fruit is here. No rush on this, loads of structure still there. — 4 years ago

Ryan Guy

9.2

Opens up with time… perfumed yellow flowers, dried orange slices, nutmeg and hazelnut, with sublet clove and cardamon. Viscous on the palate. Apricot and yellow peach. Zesty citrus and dried fruit character lingers with medium acid. Classic representation of the region. 50% Marsanne 50% Rousanne — 4 years ago

Wine Nerd

9.6

Complex & heavenly nose! Lifted & floral with med + intensity, dark ripe cherry & cranberry, clove, fresh crushed herbs especially thyme, grilled mushrooms & forest floor, red licorice, charcuterie. A touch of VA but inoffensive. Still plenty of fruit & vibrance on the palate: Med + body, high alcohol, hint of medical cherry (I don't mind it), tart cranberry, licorice, savoury & earthy w undertones of baking slices: cinnamon, clove & nutmeg, well integrated med tannins, med + acid, med + finish... Stunning — 5 years ago

Severn G

9.2

Just concluded the annual Fall seclusion at our cabin in the Rangeley lakes region of Maine, mobile service up there is mostly non-existent, after several days I am posting again. Notes are somewhat brief, as my focus is relaxing and watching the Common Loons swimming and diving in the cove in front of our camp.

Nose has tart green apple, sugared water, white grapefruit slices, cold under-ripe peach and classroom chalk.
Palate has tart green apple flesh, red apple peel, lime zest, lime juice, light limestone paste, lively with medium finish and fun acidity. — 6 years ago

Jay Kline

9.4

The opportunity to enjoy a small glass of this came rather unexpectedly yesterday afternoon and I’m still trying to wrap my head around the experience. I was looking over a collection of wines that needed a new home and a friend of mine who was the collection’s custodian, mentioned that he had something he had been meaning to share with me and without any fanfare, he walks back into the room with two small glasses and this ancient bottle. I hardly had any time to react before he poured me a small glass....as I looked three times to confirm that I was, in fact, drinking from a pre-war bottle of Madeira. The nose was stunning. A massive wave of confected fruit like candied citron. You know those beautiful syrup glazed orange (and other fruit) slices you’ll often see in European chocolate shops? Yeah...it smelled like that. Just a touch of VA. On the palate, this was totally mind bending. It’s almost all hazelnuts; remarkably dry; and there is pronounced acidity. The finish lasted for minutes. I can categorically state that this wine is very much alive and well but it’s a nerd’s wine as it’s super rustic and best served as an aperitif. — 7 years ago