Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Always sultry, always glorious. Stanky late season cherry fruit, hint of barnyard funk that only adds allure. Palate is so full of fruit it’s ridiculous. Juicy and sleek, with unreal purity and freshness. 22 nails that freshness with decadence so well. Very pure and mineral. Wonderful tannins that suggest this is built for the long haul. Long finish. — 10 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Gorgeous and opulent nose of dark cherries, mid season cherries, lovely fresh wet earth, penetrating minerality, decaying leaves and more. Stunning nose. 9.5 nose. Not that complex but so pure and precise. Palate is so juicy and ripe with gorgeous cherry fruit and epic cleansing acidity and terrific freshness. Cuts a swath across the palate Nose starts to get a lipstick like intensity after it airs out. Terrific tannins that are ripe and juicy. Really great energy here and length. Just a terrific value. — 7 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.0

This was better in its youth in that it’s lost some energy and the oak has not aged out of it. It’s fresh and nice but it didn’t hold up that well. — 8 months ago

Peter Monteleone

Sales & Marketing Martine's Wines

9.1

So enjoyable, like silk with a buoyant texture. A pleasure. — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Love this 1er Cru and these 2022’s are really coming into their own these last 2 months after being a bit hurly burly. Nose is deep cherry, wild mint, gorgeous florals and minerals but overall an impression of thoroughly ripe fruit. Palate is so juicy and sleek. Huge fruit. So deep and the vivid red cherry fruit soaks into the palate like a crash of waves. The white caps being the ripe and sweet tannins. Such a killer vintage for Laurent. This has the guts for 10-15 years of aging. So juicy. Can’t wait to see how air hits this. Watch this space. — a month ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Gorgeous and ripe nose of dark cherry and late season red cherry fruit. Really pure and lovely earthy tones underneath. Palate is elegant with lovely grainy tannins and exquisite and ripe dark red cherry fruit. So pure and fresh. Terrific energy and sap. This has a lot of material and will need air to be fully expressive. Really fragrant now. Terrific old library book aromas. Gorgeous sweet fruit on the palate and great fruit soak. Lingering finish Terrific inner mouth aromas and richness but so fresh. — 8 months ago

Ed Chin

9.2

Rhubarb soy sauce and a touch of strawberry. The finish was on the shorter side but tons going on. A little over priced — 9 months ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

This was a relatively inexpensive “mystery” wine from Garagiste and it delivered. Nose is lively, with ripe dark cherry, loads of bright crushed stone, a little sous-bois. Deep and balanced in the mouth, a little angular in its youth, but it should settle down nicely over the next few years. A nice little bitter note makes the finish interesting. Delicious. — 2 months ago

Jakub Kalinowski

8.9

A perfectly decent, highly drinkable white Burgundy. Good but not great. — 8 months ago

Byron Hewett

9.0

Paulee. Sweet. Concentrated. — 10 months ago