Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

I adore this wine. Elite Bordeaux blend from a Italy for not much scratch. Nose is closed but some black plum, red plum, cassis but barely peeking through. But palate is a banger. Juicy, fresh and so linear with such fine tannin! Wow this is dynamite. So fresh and precise with flavors of plum and cassis and such refinement. What a finish. This is outrageous and been open for 10 minutes. Wow. I expect the nose to really go off soon. Now the nose after 4 hours is smokey, with sweet incense and pure black plum. Terrific high quality subtle sweet oak and tons of earthy notes. So complex and unique. Ethereal and subtle. Concentrated and refined but has a bit of Tuscan grittiness that just adds to the allure. Long with an earthy sweetness on the finish. Exceptional and classy and just so Tuscan. The finish lingers for so long and there is a creamy opulence that develops after 4 hours. The balance between the Cab Franc and Merlot is terrific. This is Tuscan St. Emilion. — 3 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.4

Ramisco varietal, borne in a sand terroir of Portugal region beginning to be overrun by hotels. It simply has become a favorite wine quickly; not cheap( about 40$ & up, usually they are 500ml bottles), gains in intensity with air. Fine grained tannins, wild red berries, lithe acidity. Low alcohol & has the rep for long range storage. God, I love this stuff. Very rare wine too, which of course adds to the allure. — 6 years ago

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9.5

The 2017 Rouget is a total knockout. Aromatically explosive, deep and just so compelling in its beauty, the 2017 has so much to offer. A rush of inky dark fruit, lavender, bittersweet chocolate, spice and licorice build as this sumptuous, exotic beauty shows off all of its allure. The 2017 is not at all subtle, but it sure is gorgeous. Rouget was stellar en primeur. It is every bit as impressive from bottle. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, March 2020)
— 6 years ago

Koray Ozkan

8.9

#turkishwine #turkishwines #wineofturkey #winesofturkey — 7 years ago

Matt

9.0

I love this wine. SS and concrete only. Gripping, textural, loaded with balmy citrus fruit, green almond, olive and mineral notes. Lovey white blossom note to add some allure. Cool expression of Fiano — 7 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.6

Utterly singing from magnum. Like the best soy sauces in its umami allure. Thyme, leather, tarragon. — 8 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.5

Night seven on the Allure of the Seas and this time at we are ordering in for some room service from the specialty restaurants.

This is a big wine and needed the lengthy decant, we decanted for around four hours. Dark ruby red with garnet edges. Dark and thick nose with spices, smooth dark fruits, plums, cinnamon and purple flowers. Heavy sweet tannins (7.5/10) and full bodied. Powerful and intense on the palate with layers of cherry liquor, dark berries, anise, woody, dark cocoa and dark cherries. Long and lingering finish. Long life left ahead of this baby. Drink till 2032. — 9 years ago

with Sean and India

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Haven’t had since July 2019. Wow what age has done to this wine. Totally transformed. An absolutely glorious nose that just screams limestone. As it has aged it has become less northern Rhone and more of the limestone soils of Efringen-Kirchen. There is a core stoniness that is just stunning now. Floral, meaty, olivey but so restrained and cerebral. This is just so on point aromatically. At 7 years old this is in a perfect aromatic place. The palate is pure silk. So nimble, juicy and delicate. Amazingly pure. Green olive and dark berry fruit that brightens up on the extended finish. A light touch of sweet oak adds a sultry allure. It’s seamless and effortless on the palate like silk with structure. As the acid and tannins are there to ensure at least 10 more years. Super long, complex and sweet finish. Genius wine. My last bottle. It’s is amazing the quality of Syrah from Ziereisen. Outrageous value. Sold this for under $30. — 4 years ago

Alex Chang

8.9

Sip of wine after dinner at home, plumper style, plush red-berried fruits, generosity of flavour and supple ripe tannins. It has structure fresh cranberry, red currants and a sweetness
It’s reminiscent of red liquorice and white chocolate. Raspberries and strawberries initially combine, a generosity of energetic red fruits. Pink peppercorn spice is scattered amongst the fruit and a violet-based floral allure. The palate features red plum, exotic aniseed and candied fennel adding to the vibrant fruit mix that the nose suggests and unsurprisingly carries through to the palate. A slipperiness in texture, a succulence in acid profile and an elastic bounce on the palate. Subtle brioche/croissant pastry-like texture we have to assume is evidence of oak-derived maturation but still taste of tannins — 5 years ago

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9.2

This leads with smoky, stony and pungent notes to which scents of apple, white peach and grapefruit take a back seat. The palate – satiny, yet with underlying firmness, and surprisingly buoyant – offers smoky black tea, peppery olive oil, piquant kumquat, tingling stony impingements plus a crunchy, incisive cut of mustard seed and white currant. The upshot is an energetic, highly invigorating finish offering a dynamic interchange of diverse fruit and mineral elements, but by no means oblivious to Riesling’s first duty to refresh. Look for time in bottle to bring greater textural allure, typically a hallmark of Immich-Batterieberg bottlings. (David Schildknecht, Vinous, January 2020) — 6 years ago

Kyle Harvey

9.0

Part of the old guard, classically made from heart of St Joe in Mauves, slight pepper, dark red fruit, hard to deny the allure. — 7 years ago

Tom Watson

9.3

Dark, shimmering allure. More years might have made it even better, sure, but we were psyched to enjoy its luscious secrets in the here and now. What a treat. — 8 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.6

My very “first flight” with the ultimate Napa cult. Not what I expected - leaner and more crystalline in its purity and allure. Pepper, violet pastille, rosemary. So polished and impeccably crafted. — 8 years ago

Sylvain Rhainds

9.3

2010.
Très bien fait et il avait des allure de chambolle !!! — 5 years ago

Vijay Parikh

9.2

With a 15 minute decant. A lot less sweet notes compared to the 1998. Big and deep with red and purple fruit flavors, tobacco, cedar, earth. Length is medium as is the finish. The wines are not very complex reducing their allure. Balance is good and it’s clear the wine is very well made but not worth in my estimation a four digit price — 5 years ago

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9.2

A rush of sweet red cherry, tobacco, mint, dried flowers and cedar hits the palate as this racy, deep, beautifully proportioned Nebbiolo shows off its considerable allure. Readers will have a hard time finding a wine from any region that delivers this much pleasure and character for the money. $25.00 (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, October 2020) — 6 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

Terrific nose. Soppy cherries, some barnyard that only adds to the allure. Earth. Licorice and a crystallized cherry candy. Awesome. Rich and juicy with great fruit and grip. Very pure. Energetic and alive and lingers with sour cherry and some barely sweet cherry. — 6 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.0

I’ve been “into” Italian wines for several years now, with nerdy fervor. And it still amazes me that I can run into wines/varietals/DOCs that I’ve never heard of. This is the beauty and allure of this avocation. Restrained red fruit and tannins, in fact everything is in moderation. But the mouthfeel is silky, and the complexity from pepper and herbs is sublime. Overall this is easy drinking but with enough stuffing to handle all but the most serious food pairings. — 7 years ago

Fredybeans

9.6

Robe noire
Aération de 6 heures insuffisante 12 h de plus seront parfaites
Nez de fumée graphite terre humide cèpe
Bouche attaque dense ferme mais suavité incroyable avec de l air
Cœur de bouche ultra velouté
Fiable plus tannique mais mûre et savoureuse sauce soja épicé fumée et les notes de champignon
Grosse bouteille à l allure immortelle
J adore — 8 years ago

with picolator and El

Ned Gray Creed

9.6

That is a beauty Clark. The texture. Damn. I think the texture is at the top of the nuance hierarchy with this wine. Nose second. Allure third. So glad I put this down and let it sit. — 8 years ago

with Mark