Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

@Delectable Wine this is Syrah. Thanks!

Like an elite Crozes crossed with a St. Joseph. What a nose. Kinky! Huge olive, smoked meats, high toned pastille, Wood-shop shavings, violets and meat. Stunning aromatic purity. Juicy and engaging with terrific freshness and acidity. Dusty tannins and terrific inner mouth aromas. Very structured and needs time to unwind. Slamming. — 6 hours ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Just fantastic. Côte-Rôtie-adjacent florals on the nose, with a little IGP sauvage funk underneath. Palate is generous, supple, creamy, and mouth-filling, with red fruits, herbs, inner-mouth florals, ripe juicy tannins, and real mid-palate elegance. Fresh without being sharp, rich without being heavy. The quality here is absurd for the price. — 3 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.9

100% Pinot Noir and absolutely gorgeous from the first pour. Fine, refined, elegant, with beautiful red orchard fruit, chalk, ocean air, and that subtle seashell/saline thing on the nose. And mad brioche. Seamless, composed, already beautiful, no awkwardness at all. Serious depth but carried with total grace. One of the best Champagnes I’ve had all year. Even better on day 2. Picked up depth and breadth. — 5 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Nose is unabashedly Chenin. Almond skin, wool, green apple, grilled nuts and more. Gorgeous with that Mosel slate humming in the background. Palate is so intense. Wow! Acidity and gorgeous Chenin flavors and this is alive. Reminds me of the basis Saumur from Guiberteau. Serious structure and just an amazing wine from very very young vines. As it airs the Mosel slate is humming. Terrific concentration, texture and mouthfeel. Long finish. — 6 hours ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Really provocative nose. Unreal confectionary minerality, lime sweetness, meyer lemon, wet stones and a hint of appealing funk. Juicy, dense and has that warm hug vibe of a well integrated Riesling. Juicy as all can be with some lanolin, peach and apricot fruit. Dense and structured. Fabulous. Really great finesse now after 2 hours open. Gorgeous wine. — 2 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

10

Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir, and just an extraordinary Champagne. More angular and elbows-out at first because 2013 is 2013: acid, chalk, force, mineral severity. But with air it became breathtaking. Powerful, electric, Meunier-driven, wildly food-friendly, then the acid folded into lithe finesse and elegance. With foie gras and cheese, unreal. One of the great bottles of the year. — 5 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

@Delectable Wine this is Pinot Noir Rose Reserve. Thanks.

Beautiful nose: Pinot skin, cranberry, early cherry, citrus peel, tangelo, blood orange. Palate is linear, nimble, juicy and clean, with terrific acidity and freshness. Super drinkable but not simple at all, gets all the way to the back of the palate and into the cheeks. Delicious. — 6 hours ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Stunningly floral right out of the gate: roses, lilies, peonies, lilac, with green and black olive underneath. Palate is juicy and elegant, with tiny-berry fruit intensity, outrageous fruit quality, supernatural balance, beautiful purity, and a long, persistent finish. Very young, but already a huge step up over 2021 and 2022. 9.6 for now. — 2 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Needed about 90 minutes to fully wake up, but once it did, wow. The nose turned beautifully Northern Rhône: black olive, black pepper, smoked meat, dark fruit. Palate is sappy, meaty, and full of that old-vine granite intensity this cuvée always carries so well. Big tannins, but ripe and beautifully balanced by the fruit and texture. At 12.5%, this has incredible energy and purity. Feels like 2016 crossed with 2021 in the best possible way. Spectacular wine and a huge sign for the potential of 2024 Northern Rhône. — 4 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Terrific. Juicy and nimble. — 6 days ago