Austin Hohnke

8.9

Honeysuckle, pear, and nectarine. Hazy. Pushing the VA boundaries a bit too far for my taste. Better with food. 11% abv. Natural. — 3 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

2009 vintage. Decanted and tasted after 1.5-2 hours. Defying the conventional boundaries of space and time. Acidity/tannins and fruit as if a 2017 or newer vintage. Medium-bodied (another trippy aspect). Super-youthful yet balanced with great intensity. Time capsule this bleep since it needs another 10-spot to develop some semblance of wrinkles. The usual deal with the devil cuz it hasn't aged a single day. A juicy UFO. Thank you Dermott! 3.5.23. — 2 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

Mid Gold in colour. Skinnsy aromas unsurprisingly - notes of pear. My first experience with the indigenous varietal, Vitovska that shares similar characteristics with Ribolla Gialla. Paolo Vodopivec is often associated with the natural wine movement but Paolo does not like the tag just because of his use of underground amphorae and skin contact. However, this wine is conventionally made and spends 36 months in large Slavonian oak casks while the “classic “ is made in amphorae on skins. A highly individual and unique wine of profound intensity which pushes the boundaries. The following night notes of pineapple juice. — 3 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2019 vintage. Tasted with the winemaker, Matt. Trampolines between dirty and pretty without any guardrails, affectations or boundaries. Light-medium body. 4.10.24. — 8 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2019 vintage. The backstory of this wine is essential. The powers that be pushed the A7 highway through Châteauneuf-du-Pape back in the day and relegated this wine/area to Côtes-du-Rhône status. Freeways/highways being the new geographical rivers/mountains/boundaries. Same soil. Same grapes. Same winemaking. The ‘19 vintage not to be missed in Southern (or Northern) Rhône. A “baby” Châteauneuf at roughly a third of the usual Beaucastel CDP pricing. Explosive, dark and dense fruit with particular emphasis on plummy qualities. Some sweetness due to the vintage. Absolutely lip-smacking and undeniably, super-drinkable. — 3 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

2016 vintage. Great, inky color. Mysterious nose not giving much up currently. Fruit-driven without many boundaries but clearly needs time...3-5 years for it to start dropping hints. A little discombobulated right now but bringing voluptuous body at least. May have some serious somethings in a few years. — 3 years ago

Dan Weisshaar

9.5

Lovely apricot notes, hint of citrus/ pineapple acidity. Beautiful balance and mineral boundaries. I have 3 more. Be nice to me...Thank you, Fass selections. — 4 years ago

with Lyle and Matthew

Jakub Kalinowski

9.4

A timeless gem that escapes boundaries. Poised, elegant, unconventional.
The nose is somewhere between a fino sherry, a v. light Vernatsch and southern Rhône white. Nutty, salty with dried strawberries, hibiscus, but also some sharp lemon freshness. A meditation wine - changing, evolving, enticing.
Silky & a bit creamy on the palate, with a touch of tannins, sharp, salty acidity, almost fruitless - and yet with such depth, precision & presence. This is as far from the avg. rosé as it gets. A mind boggling, delicious, slightly funky, grand wine. Amazing.
And at 13y - a baby. — 2 years ago

LeMel Humes

9.2

One of my favorite white wines of all time dry light fruit forward no boundaries one to remember A+ please note that I’m NOT talking about their red but the white !!! — 3 years ago

with Suzanne

Oliver N

9.5

Quite possibly the best sauv blanc I've ever had! Nutty, funky and honeyed nose. Palate has a prickly texture, yellow apple, wet rocks, pear, lychee, pineapple, vanilla, salinity, high acid. Is it chenin? Is it a Jura chard? This flat out pushes the boundaries of what sauvignon blanc can do. — 3 years ago