Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

The one and only. One of the best values in all of German wine. Stunning nose. Smells as deep as a GG. Just insane. The aromas of the fruit are so clean and so precise. Just amazing. Peach skin, peach flesh, apricot, nougat, caramel aromas show this is baby Hergott. It’s so precise and so clean but also nuanced and deep. Just a stunning nose. Glorious spice and deep deep minerals. Airy. So so killer. Blind I’d say GG. Wow. I love this wine. So so salty in 2019! U la la! Juicy and so concentrated but elegant and energetic. Sappy peach and apricot fruits on the finish. But also laser like, rapier like minerality. Amazingly pure and deep. So balanced and serene. A zen like experience. Long finish that alternates between fruit, saline and gorgeous mineral. Amazing mouthfeel and purity. Just a stunning Molsheim. Clean finish that just echoes and slowly dissipates. So beautiful.

After some air wow. Herbs on the nose. Hit of honey and the minerals start to waft. Stunning balance and freshness and complex spice and ridiculous fruit on the finish. This is amazing. — 5 years ago

Enrico Marconcini

9.1

Very ripe nose with evident winemaking presence. Stone fruit and tropical character matches buttery/yoghurty aspect. Equally ripe on the palate with a concentration and ripeness far superior to village Chablis. Cheesy leesy long finish with a sapid note and chalky minerality. Very good old vine Chablis — 6 years ago

Autumn mohr

9.3

Perry delicious. Still full and round, Meyer lemon curd tartlet 🍋 — 7 years ago

Baltej Maini

9.8

A wine that is memorable — 7 years ago

Sarah Oettel

9.2

This is a VERY pleasant surprise (at first pass, I was not sure I would love this but it really opened up). Bought this from the Secret wine fridge at FLX Wienery. After being closed off for many years, this baby needed to breathe. It's from The Rocks before it was known as "The Rocks." The funk is mostly blown off. The power is still there on the finish--which is elegant and long. The fruit is still present with conflicting red and blue fruit--esp. prevalent is dried raspberry and blackberry. The pepper is still present. The tannins are still powering through 17 years later. — 8 years ago

Dustin Cano

Wine Buyer Meritage Wine Market

9.2

Holding on great yummy wine. Solid work Tony. — 9 years ago

Jim Wagonfeld

9.1

Excellent with the food at Stateside. The floral nose, white fruit and mineral aspect a perfect foil for the SE Asian spice. Not the equal of the best GG but very appealing. This was the "Kirchberg" Brand. — 10 years ago

with Jill, Shaun and 1 other

Boxer Briefs

9.1

2012, blouzy, big, rich, stately, drinking well — 10 years ago

Alicia Wilson

10

Smooth and buttery! Very very nice — 11 years ago

Bas Afman

9.1

Great balanced Chardonnay, French oak, light buttery ending with a crisp nice note — 12 years ago

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9.5

Dark, youthful purple. Powerful, smoke- and mineral-accented aromas of ripe dark berries, licorice, olive and a hint of incense on the deeply perfumed nose. Juicy and sharply delineated in the mouth, offering concentrated, spice-laced blackberry, bitter cherry and fruitcake flavors that take on a smoky aspect as the wine opens up. In an ample but lively style, finishing juicy and extremely long, with building tannins adding framework and youthful grip. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, April 2020)
— 5 years ago

Mark Juckeland

9.8

It’s amazing this is still going strong. Still has a lot of fruit forward. Licorice on the nose with a bit of alcohol. Still has some acid on the palate and could age it more. — 6 years ago

Shay A

9.4

Monthly 4th Friday is post Thanksgiving this year, so lots of Thanksgiving style wines!

Tight on the nose. A flavor punch of raspberries and blackberries dipped in maple bark. Very herbal and savory on the palate with acidity that is surprising for its age (in a good way). It actually tasted like a young, fruit forward CdP with black pepper, dates, and ripe blackberries. Drinking really well right now. Thanks @Keith Fisher — 7 years ago

with Dan

Rob Moose

9.2

Things I love: Tribut and that lady behind the bottle. 09 Beauroy here. Fleshy, charming, great salinity, nice honeyed aspect, a touch of mushroom overtone. Holding strong and venturing into interesting secondary territory. Cool shot of anise on this too! — 8 years ago

with Gabriel

Joe Kaiser

9.2

The nose has black fruit the give away to red raspberry nice spice. On the palate it is silk with soft red fruit. The finish leaves you wanting more! — 9 years ago

with Debbie and bill

Mike Steffel

9.0

Elegant from Oregon. I would suggest to drink sooner than later. — 9 years ago

Martin Mills

9.0

Hugely impressed - lots of that forest floor or root vegetable aspect on the nose, but the flavour is all fruit, red into black. Great typicity and great otago character. Excellent value at $35 — 10 years ago

Eric anderson

9.3

Slight floral quality to the edgy sweetness and gorgeous black fruit. I suspect some co-fermentation here (Viognier). Lovely, lively, and lithe on the palate. Plenty of acids here, so this will pair with nearly any meats. Just to reiterate, this is not your typical Paso syrah (no offense), but an elegant rendition of the grape. — 10 years ago

Sarah Lawrence

9.7

Nom nom nom!!! One of my favorites. — 11 years ago

Walt M Britt

9.3

Excellent is all you can say! — 5 years ago

Kelli

9.3

Dave & steph. Nice oak, smooth, sweet balanced. Would drink again — 6 years ago

Lisa Breer

10

Domaine serene, Portland — 6 years ago

Michael Tuchband

10

Red fruits, violets on the nose, medium body, great young pino qualities with oak, pleasant smooth finish. — 7 years ago

with Moné

Guy Fiore

9.1

Oak. Butter. Toffee. Nice acid and finish — 8 years ago

Rebecca Fletcher

9.5

2014 vintage. Ripe Apple and pear, white flowers, minerality - ocean wave aromas. Beautifully aromatic nose. M acid, body. Balanced with a long finish. — 9 years ago

Lauren Vance

Buyer Whole Foods Market Oakland

9.5

The back of the label reads "what I dream of is an art of balance" and superior balance is what they have achieved. Nose is ripe and rich, with new aromas on every sip. Lemon curd on warm brioche, backing minerality and traces of vanilla & white florals. Palate shows laces of malo, adding a rich velvety aspect to the firm acidity and ripe fruit. Extremely savory and refreshing. Favorite CA chard. — 9 years ago

Ryan Wofford

9.1

Classic expression of one of the top #oregonpinot . Less fruit fwd than the '12. Great earthy finish with fine acidity. — 10 years ago

Raini Keyser, CSW

9.3

I must get more. — 10 years ago

PS Michaels

9.9

Unreal. Barrel fermented. White wine from pinot noir grapes. Beeautiful. — 11 years ago

Rebecca Hopkins

PR Folio Fine Wine Partners

9.2

Young , bright & still needs university time... — 11 years ago