Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

I love German Chardonnay. This smells like an old school Garaudet Meursault. Toasty, buttery, mineral, gorgeous. Palate is opulent yet incisive. Gorgeous amplitude and richness buffered by incredible freshness. So layered on the finish and rich. Wow. Just so unbelievably delicious. — 2 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Baby Puligny here. Hazelnuts, iodine and saline on the nose. Very mineral and precise. Rich and voluminous with amplitude, lushness and finesse. Really gorgeous wine. Good concentration and lovely lemony note on the finish. Really well made. — 8 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Just a brilliant, cerebral Riesling. Nose has some funk, lemon, lime, slate, lemon pith, lemon flesh and juicy lime. So piercingly mineral. The palate is just stunning. So gorgeous and pure. Really young out of the gates. Like biting into a lemon. Awesome acidity and freshness but very very young and closed. Air does wonders here. Wonderful but man does this need air. Now, 24 hours later we have gotten air. Boy is this stunning. The nose finally had that slate/porphyry minerality in spades. Dense and elegant with a fiercely mineral finish. Chewy. Structure for days! — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Astonishing how much acidity this has and how fresh it is. Unreal electricity from a so called low acid grape. Andreas Laible says this is a 25+ year wine. Insane structure. Unreal length. Superstar. Nose is pineapple, peach, some elegant VA but the palate is just insane. The quality is through the roof. It’s like 10% Rococo and 90% Laible. What a wine. — 4 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Just a stunningly expressive nose. Unreal spice, flowers and black cherry. Tiny berried fruit intensity. Wow. Just wide wide open. Palate is gorgeous, Sweet fruit but not too sweet and unreal texture. Spice throughout. Just gorgeous. Outrageous inner mouth perfume. So juicy and clean. Unreal lithe tannins and so so juicy and fresh. Just bursting. — 7 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Earthy, deep cherry fruits on the nose and just a wallop or sweet, wet Volnay earth. Palate is so seductive and gorgeous. It has that 22 opulence but also the Garaudet earthy grit. Unreal, sweet and velvety tannins. Really brilliant. Let’s see what air does. I can only assume it will finesse out like in barrel. Wow did this need air! Stunning aromas that are classic Volnay. Haunting with such lift. Stunning fruit on the palate and a deep, but grapey young quality. 9.5 to 9.6. — 13 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Gorgeous wine and so energetic as 12 is not the warmest vintage but Niklas still manages to get unreal purity and ripeness. Deeply spicy nose, cardamom, clove, cinnamon, slate, asian spices. Just terrific. Palate is crackling but also has terrific mid palate opulence and acid and energy for days on the finish. Drinking so well now. — 4 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Love this site and what Romaric does with it. Nose is buttery and mineral. Loads of green apple and pear. Gorgeous and precise with unreal depth. Palate is just rocking. Unreal depth, juiciness and sapidity. What a mid palate and the linearity of this is special. Juicy like nothing else and sicko length. A rockstar. Silky. Mineral. So nimble. Just a brilliant wine. Wow. Crazy spice on the nose now. Just insane. This is truly breathtaking. — 7 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

So good. Freakish in the right way. Nose of herbs, keuper, minerals and more. A bit closed but it’s also a bit cold. Palate is just killing it. Juicy and clean with awesome texture and density. Sapid and almost tannic on the finish. So much going on. Insane inner mouth aromas. Really elegant. Unreal length. Just a rock star. Will be back once nose opens up. Unreal complexity and finish. Gorgeous. Nose is wide open now after around 10 minutes. Stunning. Lanolin, herbs and lemon lime. Expansive and so much depth. So good. — 10 days 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. — 16 days ago