Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Juicy, friendly vintage, with wood showing but plenty of energy behind it. Long finish, very pure, and already so easy to like. This has that 2025 openness but still enough structure to stay serious. — 4 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Wow, what a nose. Wood shop, mineral, lemon, classic Meursault depth but the acidity is screaming in the best way. So fresh, so precise, and the lemony finish just drives and drives. 9.5 for me. This is a killer bottle. — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

At dinner at Le Cabotte. Entering a gorgeous drinking window. The nose is classic Chinon, loaded with red currant, crushed herbs, mineral dust, and hints of cassis. Beautiful Cabernet Franc herbaceousness, not green or vegetal, but alive. Red currants, crushed herbs, a little tobacco leaf, iron, stone, and that unmistakable Loire freshness. The fruit has enough generosity from the vintage to give a subtle fleshiness underneath the structure. The palate is all tension and energy. Incredible freshness, mouthwatering acidity, and a long mineral spine carry the wine across the palate. Unlike Baudry’s larger, more powerful bottlings, this is about movement. The fruit feels suspended in the acidity, and every sip seems to pull the next sip forward. After forty minutes of air, the wine became even more expressive. The red currant and herbaceous notes moved to the forefront, joined by gorgeous minerality and tremendous freshness. It is not thick or heavy like Cabernet Sauvignon, nor does it possess the density of Baudry’s biggest cuvées. Instead, it is all acid, tension, energy, and precision. Juicy, vibrant, and effortlessly drinkable, with the kind of electric persistence that makes great Cabernet Franc impossible to put down. — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Elegant, juicy, gorgeous and kind of insane. This is 9.6 territory for me. So much finesse and charm, but with real depth under the prettiness. Just a beautiful bottle. One of those wines that makes Monthélie Blanc feel like a secret category. — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

Little kiss of wood, sea air, mineral and finesse. Rich but energetic, sappy and very pure. This has that Boussey thing where the wine feels generous without losing its line. Delicious, clean, and seriously drinkable. — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Easily the most complete wine in the range today. The nose is all class: elegant oyster shell, brine, crushed stone and sea air, but presented with extraordinary lift and refinement. The fruit is the most expressive of the premier crus, yet nothing feels heavy or obvious. The palate is seamless, combining juicy concentration, unctuous texture and remarkable purity. No hard edges anywhere. Everything flows. The concrete egg seems to amplify harmony rather than richness, giving the wine incredible breadth while preserving its Chablis soul. The finish is already long and complex, though still showing a touch of youthful awkwardness that should disappear with time. A wine of real finesse and sophistication. 9.5 with upside. — 12 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Great aroma. Spice, wood shavings, richer and denser than the 2024s, more round and generous, but still with energy. This has a broader frame and real depth. Big step up in volume and presence. — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Mineral, a dash of oak, a little butter, but all pulled tight by that acid in the cheek. Linear, juicy, and built with a real hierarchy of flavor and structure. This has architecture. Real essence of 24 energy here. — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Fabulous and new to me. The next table drinking my monthly rent payment in wine (Tremblay, Mugneret-Gibourg, etc) gave me a glass of this. Really compelling aroma and just an endless finish. Will investigate more. — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Tank sample. A clear step up in complexity and scale. The nose combines classic Chablis minerality with a deeper fruit profile than the Côte de Léchet, showing green apple, Granny Smith, sweet lime, crushed stone, and remarkable purity. Still unmistakably old-school Chablis in style, but with more flesh and breadth wrapped around the mineral core.

The palate is spectacular. Concentrated, sapid, and intensely structured, with tremendous depth and persistence. Where Côte de Léchet feels like a mineral storm, Vaillons presents similar intensity through fruit, texture, and architecture. The fruit is layered and juicy, but the structure is impossible to miss, carrying the wine across a long, powerful finish that feels built for decades rather than years. The minerality remains firmly in place, but everything is broader, deeper, and more complete. Still extremely young, but already showing the balance, concentration, and authority of a serious Premier Cru. A brilliant Vaillons and one that should reward long-term patience. — 12 days ago