Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

Just a stunning bottle. Deep, dark, coiled and incredibly pure, with that unmistakable Hölle combination of fruit intensity, mineral darkness and quiet inner violence. Black cherry, sour cherry, wild raspberry, crushed rock, violets, smoke, earth, iron and spice, but the real story is the texture. This has that dense 2022 core, but it never feels heavy or overblown. It is compact, serious, layered and beautifully proportioned, with tremendous midpalate depth and a finish that keeps expanding instead of simply fading.

What I love here is the tension between ripeness and restraint. There is real fruit, real concentration, real flesh, but the wine is controlled by structure, minerality and site. The tannins are fine but present, the acidity gives it lift, and the whole thing feels like it is moving inward and outward at the same time. Young, obviously, but already compelling. Needs air and will be better with years, but this is a major 2022 German Pinot Noir. Serious, dark, elegant, and absolutely loaded with future.

Day three. Still completely alive, not a thing lost. Creamy, juicy, ripe, sweet-fruited, with the tannins finally calmed down and perfectly integrated. The whole wine has snapped into harmony. I knew it had the guts to go the distance. Fantastic. 9.7 on days 1/2 and 9.8 on day 3. — a month ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2022 — 6 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

This needs a 45 minute decant. It’s rather simple on pop and pour.

Nose: powdered minerals. White flowers. Sweet lemon as it opens.

Palate: sweet fruit. Mineral. Bright acidity. Delicious. A bit straightforward but a great drink. Hmmm. Very nice depth. Sweet lemon. The missus says saline.

Hmm maybe the nose inches this to greatness. It’s really intense. Complex.

Fass selections — 7 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

I adore this wine as there is nothing like it in Germany or the wine world at large. One foot in the Cote de Beaune, one foot in Saulheim and one foot somewhere else. Nose is so giving and intense. Some toasty wood, but minerals blaring underneath, and just gorgeous limestone minerality but what stands out is the absolute purity aromatically and on the palate. Seductive and rich but oh my god the purity is out of this world. So fine, so elegant, and so nimble. The combo of richness/decadence and nimbleness allied also the most filigree one can imagine makes this a knockout. This is just profound. Finish is endless and this is at once delicate and rich. This wine is a contradiction that works. This is so elegant, so delicate and the controlled richness is out of this world. — 9 months ago

Willem Booij

9.4

Razersharp wine💪 — 2 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Lovely nose. Peach, mineral, spice. citrus, acid is killer, very ripe papaya, peach, tangerine and so much acidity. Wow. — 2 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

The future of sparkling wine is here. Chardonnay on limestone but in Saulheim. Unreal nose. Wow. Deep notes of green apple, butter, earth and minerals. So ebullient and expressive. This totally smells German but still has a foot in Champagne. Some notes of lime blossom emerge as well with air. This is like a $60 Champagne nose. Palate is awesome. Full of sweet lime fruit and very lemony and super crisp. Such cut and precision. Awesome chewiness and density while remaining light on its feet. It’s a very mineral wine. It almost seems Brut Nature but it’s classified as Brut. — 2 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.4

Like a top shelf Meursault but 50% off @ $42. Kiss of oak, touch Hazelnut. Mineral driven, lemon meringue. An exceptional Chard. Read the other reviews on different vintages they the reviews are solid no BS there! Chard from the right German producer blows the French out of the water for the price point they have right now. — a month ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Lovely pithy fruits on the nose. Apricot, nectarine and stunning, wafting minerality. Palate is rich, Rheinhessen rich, but with bracing acidity and just such a generous texture. Showing so well cold and out of the gates. Let’s see what happens when it warms and gets air. Gorgeous wine and so generous with air. — 6 months ago

Robert Ahlstrom

9.3

Garnet medium opacity, bright red fruits, tart cherries, lovely acidity and minerality, excellent Rheinhessen spätburgunder! — 7 months ago

Zach D

9.3

Last drank 4 mo ago; aromas on this bottle are more intense than my previous notes. Lots of sappy red fruit, dark rose, and a lot of violets. Palate also sappy, with tart acid. Really a fantastic value at around 20 USD. Bought a case; will go well with Thanksgiving dinner. — 8 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

One of my favorite sleeper wines in my portfolio. Nose has lemon pith and flesh and a hint of creaminess. Gorgeous and clear minerals. Smells like a scene in nature. So vivid and like a field. Palate is just so complete with lemon, grapefruit and green apple flavors and a lovely limestone minerality throughout and tons of sap and length. With air the nose has a unique grassy element. Really fresh and perfectly integrated acidity. This is the type of wine restaurants in the usa need by the glass. Of course it would be overpriced but at least it will be great. Really picking up some finesse now with air. This is so well made. Nose is stanky mineral now. Also so saline. Sea breeze. Palate has such grace and a quiet density. Round and fresh. — 2 years ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.0

Quite light straw colour . Green apple , lemon rind , white flowers and wet stones . On the palate high acidity balanced with hint of sweetness . Green apple , lime freshness , cool stony notes , good length and balanced alcohol . Simple but effective . Drink now but no rush over the next decade I should imagine . — 2 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Outrageous. Unreal sweet fruit and creamy tannins on the palate. So elegant and unreal inner mouth aromas. Lush and energetic and gushing with black cherry fruit and sweet tart cherry fruit. Explosive and so pure. Wow. Such fine tannins. — 3 months ago

Matthew Cohen

8.9

Nose: gooseberry.

Palate : tasty. Great mid weight fruit. Greta with Asian food.

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Vigneron $12 and change on 3 mix — 4 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Kabinett from a grand cru vineyard.

Nose: fresh peach. Yellow flowers.

Palate: fresh peach. Mineral. Amazingly delicious. Mineral crunch. Sick. Delicious. Palate fill. Wow. Balancing pink grapefruit skin.

Yah. Kab is not just about the mosel.

Fass selections — 7 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.2

This is the Riesling Trocken (dry). Beautiful citrus fruit, lemon curd, hint jasmine and a faint touch of peach as it reaches close to room temp. lacks this wow haven‘t had this before - effect. Some sulfur on the nose which needs to breathe out. Good wine. — 8 months ago

Sharon Van Bijlevelt

9.2

Riesling aangeraden door Thijs la Gro — a year ago

Peter Sultan

9.2

So so intense, clean mineral lines & voluminous on palate-tasted blind my friend thought Chardonnay. 50 shades of apricot, a squeeze of petrol at end of long finish. Enough padding to be also Uber enjoyable. — 2 years ago

with Owen

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Nose is all mid season red cherries, cherry flower and so so pure. Mulberry, cranberry bog and so much more. Lipstick like intensity and just so focused and clear. Insane nose. Unreal limestone and depth but also it’s like it’s vibrating on its own plain. Wow what a palate. Juicy and structured with just silly good cherry fruit of the early to mid season style and unreal clarity, focus and linearity. Unreal concentration and depth. So stunning and like a squeegee on the palate. Now some violets on the nose and unreal concentration and sorry but light and ethereal. Stunning beyond belief.After air it gets more supple and textured. All red fruit on the palate. — 2 years ago