Lyle Fass 
Sarl Garaudet Pere & Fils
Champs Fulliots Monthélie 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2021
Gorgeous nose. Unreal vivid cherry. Sawdust. Loads of stones and rocks. Super pure and so nimble. Loads of spice and flowers. Wow what a palate. Super elegant but has that rustic Monthelie charm. Also a lovely meatiness on the nose is developing with air. Needs air but man is this meaty, floral, sweet and super deep. Like a baby Clos Des Chenes which it abuts. Terrific energy and transparency. Big tannins need air to calm down. With air this is getting so elegant and it’s just teeming with energy! Wow Florent has killed 21! Overnight this gained in body and sweetness but still had some unresolved structure but man that finesse is there. — 5 days ago
K.H. Schneider
Marbach Riesling 2022
Powerful and mineral with huge levels of dry extract. Nose is provocative with its instant elite florallity. So dense yet elegant. Unreal elegant citrus fruit on the mineral blast of a finish. The finish is just ridiculous. Outrageous on the PNP but let’s see what air does. — 7 days ago
Domaine Alain Burguet
Mes Favorites Vieilles Vignes Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir 2016
Gorgeous aromas. Wow. Floral, meaty and mid to late season red cherries. Pungent! Almost confectionery out of the gates. In such a great spot. So many berries and spice. Woodland berries. 9.6 nose. Ultra glorious. Gorgeous palate if a bit straight with lovely lush cherry fruit and terrific structure and freshness. Tannins a bit firm on the finish but air will resolve that I suspect. Good concentration as well and lift. Really good acids. Let’s see what air does to this. Palate fleshes out but still some unresolved tannin. Not sure if it will go away. Well made but also boring. With air this regressed to a 9.2 from a 9.4. — 4 hours ago
Domaine Philippe Naddef
Les Genelières Marsannay Pinot Noir 2022
First time with this since barrel in June 23. Gorgeous aromas of vivid mid season cherry fruit that is very high toned. Love the wet earth as well which is super vivid. Blackberry flower and also kind of an explosive floral element like someone keeps rubbing flower petals in their fingers. Also a meaty, spice element as well. So complex and brilliant. This will be the 1st Marsannay 1er Cru one day. Palate is gorgeous with top notch elegance and terrific freshness and dense fruit that is not fully expressive as this point. Really stoney but ripe tannins. Gorgeous violets now peeking out. Still seems very closed and oozing with potential. I will be back. Gorgeous inner mouth aromas and this has such a seriousness to it. Wow! What an overnight transformation. Remarkable. This needed over 20 hours to come around but when it did it was so supple, juicy and layered with just unreal crystalline fruit. Dark black cherry and wonderful freshness and depth. 9.2 to 9.5 overnight. — 5 days ago
Cantina Tomaso Gianolio
Superiore Barbera d'Alba 2018
Gorgeous if a bit ripe nose of dark berry and red cherry fruit. Really pushing the ripeness but it still works as it also has that vulcanized rubber thing that really fine Barbera has. Smoke and flowers as well. Juicy and fresh but showing that 14.5% in the form of major heat. Let’s see there this lands but so far not the best. Nose became less ripe and more floral and palate came together a bit more but still an 8.7 but not as messy as it was on the PNP. — 4 hours ago
Pierre Brisset
Cuvee Cassaneas Bourgogne Blanc Chardonnay 2022
Peter Wegelin - Scadenagut
Malanser Blauburgunder 2022
Gorgeous nose. Unreal cherry vivacity. Also a hint of aromatic creaminess. I can see the colors! Lovely intense and driving minerality and ultra precise. My oh my is this juicy and precise. Unreal clarity of fruit. Just scintillating. So nimble and clear. So well made. Ultra refined and powdery tannins and just gorgeous purity. Holding back but I will be here all night folks. Now with air the finesse is picking up as is the focus. This is truly great Pinot! — 5 days ago
Lyle Fass
Founder Fass Selections
Nose starts off with a bit of VA, dried leaves and some gorgeously pure cherry fruit that needs some air to reveal itself more. Great stoney minerality as well with some major florals. Gorgeous. Haunting. Palate is very 21 and a bit backwards out of the gates but the freshness, purity of the fruit and length indicate this will open up into something stunning. 9.4 now. Really fleshed out with air and has that nimble, impossible elegant 21 character with just perfect but restrained early season cherry fruit. Outstanding length and texture. 9.4 to .9.5 with an hour of air. — 2 hours ago