Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Celebrating the SCOTUS decision. Always terrific. — 3 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

One of the most mindnumblingly brilliant village wines ever. So luscious and stoney with top finesse. Generous but fresh. Gorgeous mid season red fruits. Stoney, meaty, black cherry, red cherry nose. Just awesome. — 8 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.9

@Delectable Wine This the Schmoll bottling. Thanks!

Just a masterpiece. You are beholden to this the instant you smell it. The most detailed apricots. Marmalade. Fleshy. Salty. Caramel. All so detailed. The palate an elegant blade. Juicy with perfect creamy apricot and citrus fruit that timidly explodes on the palate and finishes savory, long and elegant. A stunning Auslese. — 15 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Showing so well. Unreal nose of black cherry and black raspberry. Plus a lipstick like intensity. Palate has tons of sweet cherry fruit and an earthy baseline. Terrific inner mouth aromas and velvety, sweet but substantial tannins. Now some lovely Volnay finesse coming through. Score may go higher. — 4 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

This is so good. Cooking now but more notes soon. It’s got this uncanny elegance on the palate plus this unreal concentration of sweet oak, minerals and fleshy fruit but backed up by ripping acids. Buttery Meursault but elevated beyond. — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Another stunning Carema from this standout estate. Nose is mesmerizing. Stunning florals with loads of pink and red roses. Some tar, earth and spice but so ephemeral and elegant. Palate is rich, ripe and substantial With gorgeous dark cherry fruit and ripe, velvety tannins. Fresh and juicy with insane finesse. Long finish and much more to say as it airs. Wow the nose on day 2 is insane. Deep deep licorice. Musk and spice. Palate is juicy, structured and comes across as very dry but not out of balance. This is like old school Bordeaux structure. The cherry flower on the nose is remarkable. — 12 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Just amazing. Super elegant and I mean crazy elegant. Nose of sweet spices, apricots, confectionary aromas, some vulcanized rubber and slate. Palate is just amazingly elegant, perfectly juicy and such insane balance between sweetness from sugar, sweetness from fruit, juiciness of the fruit and that dry slatey, somewhat savory finish. A 4 act play. — 5 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Tons of floral, wild dark berries and spice on the nose. Mid season cherry. Palate is so good. Rich, elegant, deep, gritty and nimble. Some nice amplitude in the mid palate and great tension and red fruits on the finish. Needs mega air so I can only assume score goes higher tomorrow. — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Our of this world. Palate is glorious. A bit cold right now for an aromatic evaluation. But the palate is cooking. Elegant and juicy with just awesome fruit. Insane peach. So pure and clean. So complete. Terrific density and intensity. Superb structure. Just an awesome wine. — 14 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Absolutely phenomenal. Black raspberry, black cherry, white tea, flowers, some red currant. Stellar aromas. Unique. The palate is teeming with energy. Juicy, and slathering minerals. Velvety tannins but also substantial. This needs to flesh out but the underlying everything is brilliant. After 19 hours open the nose is softer and more expressive. Really a lipstick like intensity and just evolved so much overnight. Loads of Alpine spices. Palate is so round now but still has that energy and that barely there sweetness. Juicy and clean. Wonderful. 9.4 to 9.5. — 16 days ago