Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

All fruit and finesse. Great Syrah, not much Cote Rotie…..yet. — 7 months ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Reddish tawny, Translucent. Medicinal nose. Slate, bacon fat, cherries some menthol. Rich and powerful. Silky. Long finish. Everything you want in a Cote-Rotie. At peak and in a perfect drinking window. — 5 years ago

David L

9.4

16’ Peter Michael Bella Cote (Rued vineyard). Peach, honeydew, toasty oak, fig, apricot & tangerine. Moderate acidity & ends with a long, expansive flavors. Another extraordinarily well-made wine by PM. — 5 years ago

Jon Ebsworth

9.0

Lovely refined Cote Rotie. With tapenade. Yummo! — 6 years ago

Jacob Tallman

8.9

Light, slate, minerality, summer wine — 6 years ago

Esther Gauntlett

9.5

Know I'll be making tiny subconscious 'mmm' noises all night with this fucking delight. So pretty I'm jealous. — 8 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.4

Favorite, along with the Texier in a strong flight of Cote Roties. Thank you @Vickie Beuerle. — 9 years ago

Clay Bullwinkel

9.3

Tart apple, strawberry, full flavors, long finish. Masterful. — 8 months ago

Gio Pop

10

Oaky, weighty, strawberry — 4 years ago

Nicolas Duchesneau

9.3

Nez assez exubérant aux notes lardés, un peu fumé, poivre blanc. En bouche c’est très structuré, chaque lampé apporte des saveurs différentes, viandé, cote floral avec la violette, poivré, un peu d’herbe, thym. C’est soutenu par une bonne acidité, finale est longue et gouleyante! Belle récompense apres la semaine de travail! — 5 years ago

Ming L

9.1

I don’t drink Northern Rhône enough, but this terrific single vineyard Syrah crafted by the late, long-time Latour cellar master Denis Malbec is for sure nothing like new world Syrah.
The nose was filled with fresh dark cherry and raspberry, and turned to parades of cedar, fresh herbs, vanilla, dried mushroom, and light smoked hays. Slight hint of dried rose petals too. On the palate it had a richer feel than the nose would indicate. Dark spices and earthy minerals with sharp acidity. Polished tannins. — 5 years ago

Pierre Gourinchas

9.3

Outstanding Cote rôtie. What a finale. — 7 years ago

Sunil Dhaliwal

9.7

My favorite producer of Cote Rotie can do no wrong. Love this . Thanks @Edward Zimmerman — 8 years ago

Louis Martin

9.1

Light, smooth, grapefruit accent, very nice aperitif. — 2 years ago

Chris Koupal

9.0

Never been a big CDP guy. This is ripe but with nice structure and tannin to balance everything out. — 3 years ago

Chris Reilly

8.9

Surprisingly heavy but quite nice. — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.1

A very interesting wine. A very difficult vintage that the winemaker addressed with stupid low yields. If you love wine, a great wine to drink to see how a very good winemaker handled a rough year in non elite terroir. His 1er crus were sick in 17.

Nose is purplish. Dark. Swirling. Sexy. But a bit Brutish but in a sexy way.

Palate is dark fruit. Very very dense for a wine at this level. Very. The fruit outweighs the acidity although it’s not stewy at present.

I’d drink this now. It might peak in 6-12 months. But I have no idea. My gut is the far side of the mountain is steep. But man this is an effing fun drink today. If you have a bunch of save one for a few years just to see what happens. Science baby.

Bought from fass selections

— 5 years ago

Joan Alberni

9.0

Cabernet bordelés clàssic d’un territori argilós a tocar St. Emilion, aromàtic i amb cos. Final especiat. Tête de veau a Chez Carmen. — 7 years ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.0

Plummy, cherry, waxy, rosy, funky. Ripe and opulent. — 8 years ago

Neil Shah

8.9

Nicely balanced fruit and acid — 9 years ago