Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.9

Wow. So floral. Milk chocolate covered cherries. Massive minerality. Deep and sinewy. Palate is so dense and so complex. Juicy and closed and has the most amazing fruit. Huge acid and a clipped finish. Out of balance but the guts are all there. This is a revisit. Terrific inner mouth aromas. Big tannins. Needs time. Graceful. After 7 hours this is insane. Nose is mossy and stoney. Deep. Wild. Feral. Palate is so supple, so elegant and has the most stunning late breaking tannins. Stoney as Pommard is but my goodness what stunning finesse. 9.6 to 9.8. Awesome concentration and depth. Really deep. My goodness that nose on day 2. Unreal depth. Moss. Mineral. Stones. Wild mint. Sweet black cherry. So awesome. Perfect balance and big Pommard tannins but so rustic. So elite. Weightless yet has so much weight. — 5 days ago

Matt

9.0

Juicy, brambly, dripping with bright florals and herbs, stoney too. Always delicious — 2 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Love this wine and last 2-3 vintages are the best. Nose has delicate berries, hint of barnyard, herbals and wonderful minerality. Palate is a dream. So balanced, fresh and pure with red berry fruit, gorgeous minerals and incredible finesse. Lovey structure and stoney sweetness. Sappy and deep. Wonderful depth and length. Really the most elegant Marginale yet. Still needs time to open. As it opens it just levels up. More fruit and sap. 9.5 to 9.6. — 3 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.2

Excellent p/q. Baby brother of Domaine A - showing deep dark fruit and prominent but integrated tannins. Impressive and would age. — 3 months ago

Douglas Braun

8.9

North island of NZ - (Gisborne) - 2022 Vintage - little fatter than SB in South - Citrus, herbs, lemon pith, medium acidity, great value — 2 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

The kid has made it big. Perfumed. Long. Stoney, elegant and sweet fruited. Really compelling. Was the star of the trio. — 3 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

Haunting Chenes nose. That combo of ethereal fruit and pulverized rock dust. God damn this nose is complex. Wow. Wood shavings. Tree bark. Just insanely complex. The breeding comes through. Long, juicy and Stoney. Really long. So grippy. So rocky. This is oozing class. — 4 years ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.3

The nose on this after opening was insane. Small berries, stoney minerality and a bit of spice...thought i was onto a total banger. This sadly faded away after 2-3 hours and became a bit la la and compoty. It seems unfair to judge such a young wine and I have 3 bottles left which I will drink after 5, 10 and 15 years (he says now then drinks them all in the coming weeks). There seems to be massive potential...the taste just needs to catch up to that nose!!!
Paired with flat iron steak and miso hispi cabbage 😋 — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

OMG nose. Great terroir cannot be fucked with. It cannot. Black opulent cherries, hint of sweet wood, floral, dark, brooding. This is the EMO vineyard of Pommard. Insane and intense minerality. What mineral lift. Stunning nose. 9.7? 9.8? I don’t know. But it’s up there. Elite. Elite. Concentrated and intense but oh so young. Faboosh complexity and juiciness. Fruit is extraordinary but also needs air to show its true self. Man what a stoney Rugiens. Nose now showing kirsch. But a black kirsch. Energetic and so delineated and what insane fruit and finesse. Super complex and light as a feather but also deep, contemplative and dense. Wow. Stunning. A tick below 19. — 3 years ago

Douglas Braun

9.1

2018 Vintage - beautiful Stoney , floral,cranberry, spice cake great balance love it — 4 years ago