Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Haven’t had in 5 years. Gorgeously layered nose of smoke, graphite, granite, blackberries, black berries and just incredible minerality. The majesty of Hermitage comes across on the nose. Wow this is out of sight. Lifted, airy, complex and plain old provocative. Palate needs to catch up as it’s a bit closed but juicy, pure and long. But it needs an hour of air I think. Textured and rich but also incredibly fresh as the better 15’s are. Powdery tannins. Great length. Getting more focused and dense but also the trademark Luyton elegance. Really coming together. Exquisite fruit. — 5 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Finally got myself a bottle of one of the rarest wines I import. Only got an allocation in 18 for the first time. Anyway this is an insane bottle of Chablis. It’s basically Fabien’s Grand Cru. Nose is spicy and mineral. Sea water, hint of discreet wood. So salty. Nose is so classic and the most ethereal of the Dauvissat wines. Wow, the palate is so intense and explosive. Awesome minerality and electricity. Juicy and so pure. Backwards and will need air. So much sap and dry extract. Lime echo on the finish. So so long. Awesome power, majesty and density. What grip. What an intense wine. The length is crazy. — 3 years ago

Seth Morgen Long

Broker • Arterberry Maresh / Winemaker • Morgen Long

9.5

Tasted blind out of a decanter, this was not budging initially and felt lean, maybe stilted, and angular next to a plush 2015 Voge St. Jo. After an hour or two, the wine started to expand, and impress. Of course, after revealing, we were all present to the majesty of Thierry’s touch. This was not as brooding and dense as I remember it, rather, it felt like the wine was reluctant to strut its stuff until we required it to. Forget about the 2010’s for awhile. — 5 years ago

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10

The 1982 Latour is the most consistent of the First Growths in this auspicious vintage. Tasted from both bottle and magnum in the UK in recent months, this note comes from an ex-château magnum tasted at a private dinner in Bordeaux. It exudes class and majesty on the nose with its copious but brilliantly focused black fruit laced with cedar and graphite. To use a phrase I have written before, it is blue-blooded...regal. That comes through on a palate that has a haunting symmetry and a killer finish that is brilliantly defined and audaciously long, graphite lingering on the aftertaste. Quite simply, claret does not come better than this. Tasted at a private dinner in Bordeaux. (Neal Martin, Vinous, September 2022)
— 2 years ago

Matthew Bull

9.0

I see slightly lower scores here perhaps because it’s already drinking so sumptuously. I had to slap myself twice to ensure I wasn’t imagining it’s majesty. — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Needs an hour to integrate. Then is majesty. Nose of a tropical fruit basket. Palate is mineral and the essence of tropical fruit - guava papaya. But not overwhelming as it lives with the minerality. Brightly acidic. Moderate pleasant richness. An iconic northern Rhône white. Bought from Fass selections. — 5 years ago

with Lyle

John Tan

9.3

LQV w Nic and Brian.

Chardonnay. Light straw and varnish on the nose. Sweet start and refined, very deep-flavoured wine. Very subtle with the majesty found in the contained, dry finish of old-fashioned burgundy. Worth a look! Real quality. Set up on his own, lower yields. JR17, 2007 — 2 years ago

Some Dude

9.2

We just had the 2016 with a bracciole and it was spot on. But honestly it was tight. We decanted a couple hours before the meal, and it still near the end of the meal when it started to show sone of its majesty. If you are thinking of drinking this, then buy 2 and try the other one in ten years. Let me know what is like then! — 2 years ago

Mark Howard

9.5

More elegant than I expected. Fragrant without overwhelming. Bold, yet refined. Just an elegant grande Dame in all her majesty. Drink now or hold. A ginormous YUM!! Well done. — 4 years ago

with Richard

Sam Agami

9.0

Dark purple majesty at a bargain price. Leather, licorice, and dark fruit abounds! — 6 years ago