Lyle Fass 
Weingut Wilhelm Weber-Ostermann
Brauneberger Juffer Auslese Riesling 1993
@Delectable Wine This is the Brauneberger Juffer Auslese. Thanks!
Honeyed, ripe and so precise. Really wonderful. — 5 days ago
Weingut Achim Durr
Vom Keuper Blaufränkisch 2020
This is such an amazing wine. What a nose. Grapey and I mean grapey but also an insane cola element that is not joking. Unreal herbals. The nose also has crystalline black fruits and almost a pastille quality. Wow. Stunning. Also smoke and mesquite bbq. 9.6 nose on the PNP. Stunning palate and needs air but my goodness this is better than any Moric ever. Stunning purity, clarity and depth. Unreal sweetness and such terrific freshnessx My goodness the energy here is off the charts and the deliciousness factor is un-fuck-withable. So balanced. This will open and it’s a 9.6 out of the gates. Blown away. Unreal concentration and juiciness. This is genius. — 7 days ago
Weingut Richard Östreicher
Maria Im Weingarten Silvaner 2023
What a wine. Nose is so complex with unreal aromas that honestly are at once mineral and at once so utterly unique I don’t have the vocabulary to grasp them. Apricots is about all I got but the nose is still a 9.7 even if I can’t explain why. Palate is vivacious, rich and elegant but with so much tannin from what I assume is skin contact but also reads as textured and fresh. So brilliant, complex and utterly distinctive. It’s rare I can’t find words to describe wine but here we are. — 2 days ago
Château Bel Air-Marquis d'Aligre
Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2013
Tough vintage only means that Aligre transcended the vintage even more than normal. Killer nose. Such pure fruit. Rhubarb city. Strawberry, plum skin, cassis, but barely cassis and gorgeous light mid to early season cherry. Smoke, mint and more. Stunning fruit clarity on the attack and terrific concentration and depth. Chewy and tannic and finish is clipped for now but just opened and needs much time to unwind but good bones. So juicy and pure. Wow. The tannins are a combo of very 13 and very aligre. I love them so much. So sappy, dry, noble and pure. This has 50 years ahead of it. — 3 days ago
Markus Molitor
Wehlener Klosterberg Spätlese Green Capsule Riesling 2022
Crazy expressive nose that is ultra confectionary. Funnel cake, lime zest, smarties, sweet tarts, flowers, just stunning. Pollen. Opulent and incisive with fantastic but not oppressive acidity. So nimble and playful on the very elegant finish. Which is miles long. What a wine. — 6 days ago
Raumland
Triumvirat Grande Cuvée Brut Champagne Blend 2015
Just insane. Nose is so fine. Lemon oil, lemon pith, yeast and toast. Glorious baking spices. Hint of oxidation adds to the allure. Palate is so good. Unreal fine mousse. I mean FINE. Top notch finesse and elegance and wonderful sapidity. My god the pitter patter on the finish of spice, acids and fine textural mousse stuff is phenomenal. This is as good as it gets in Germany. — 2 days ago
Rattalino
Trentaquattro 34 Barolo Nebbiolo 2013
Lovely nose of spice, some plummy fruit, dark cherries and dark florals. Mostly roses. Juicy, sleek and has some big tannins but extraordinary fruit and depth. Very linear. Wow the minerality is really shining through here. Lovely opulence and roundness and well and the spice runs throughout. Almost a 9.5. Maybe with air. — 7 days ago
These were purchased direct from the cellar, I also bought the entire Gilodi library. And even from one perfect, pristine cellar, there are still bottle variations. Why? Because the seal is a cork. You’re dealing with a living thing, topped with a piece of bark. Some evolve beautifully. Some don’t. That’s old wine.
This is exactly why I always say: after 10 years, there are no great wines, only great bottles. It’s not about storage conditions or chain of custody. It’s just the nature of the beast.
At Fass Selections, we don’t offer refunds on wines over 5 years old for this reason. It’s part of the romance and the risk. You win some, you learn from some.
And if, hypothetically, I did have to offer refunds on every old bottle that didn’t show perfectly? I’d stop selling old wine tomorrow. That’s how fragile the whole ecosystem is. It only works when everyone accepts the romance and the risk.
Lyle Fass
Founder Fass Selections
Just a stunning bottle of wine. The nose leaps out of the glad with bright, clearly defined mid season cherries. Gorgeously elegant and earthy with mineral notes that are so utterly refined you can almost smell the vines in that Alpine air. Wild flowers, so intense and pure. So supple and juicy with unreal juuuust almost not quite but barely sweet fruit which no one does like Adank. The most supple and velvety texture and finishes so delicately mineral it’s whispering. This is a stunning wine and for the $60 we sold it for one of the greatest Pinot Noir values ever. Adank is a giant. — 2 days ago