Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

I love this vineyard and Girard’s interpretation of it. Generous and enveloping nose with gorgeous mid season cherry, spice, seaweed paper, tweed jacket and macerated mid to late season cherries. Really provocative and deep aromas. Palate is classic young Fichots. A wall of tannin and gorgeous dark fruits that echoe but are currently 90% covered by tannins. So dense and chewy with just awesome inner mouth aromas and dark black and blue fruits and. sinewy, foresty vibe that is so intriguing. This wine needs air but is shaping up to be a classic Fichots. Nose opening up with dark cranberry, spice, forest floor and more. The Fichots aromatic complexity is really here in spades. I love this wine. Loosening up and getting so juicy. So pure. Really nice inner mouth aromas and terrific energy and freshness. Awesome on day 2. Nose is brambly and nuanced. Palate is out of this world. Dense and opulent fruit. So fresh. Bursting. Sweet and tart. 9.4 to 9.5 overnight. — a year ago

Mike Saviage

9.3

Brownish tawny. Notes of cherries, spice, mushrooms, dark earth and a little kirsch that developed over the night. In the mouth the fruit is faded but there is still a nice structure to it. Declined in performance over the night. I gave the last bottle too much airtime before tackling it. This was enjoyable right away with a pop, decant and pour. — 6 years ago

Dom Malerba

9.6

Another beautiful wine from France! Love it!! @Ted @Janell — 7 years ago

Benoit Duhamel

9.0

Robe assez foncée. Fruits rouges murs au nez. En bouche, c’est assez costaud, beaucoup de fruits, une certaine richesse et des tannins encore présent. Longueur moyenne. — 8 years ago

AlexP

9.0

Von’s. $9. Great stand alone — 9 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Anmol 12/21/16
Florida — 9 years ago

Mateusz Piekarski

9.2

🎉👌🏼 de la bombe — 10 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

Dark and dusty with lovely fruits. Spice. Very nice. Deep and tannic. Masculine. Deep and structured. Beautiful and classically big wine. Long fanning finish. — 10 years ago

Rebecca Fletcher

9.0

Earth, mushroom, ripe pear and apple. M body and M+ finish. Lemon zest. All about "terroir" — 11 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.2

BIG WINE!!! Dark purple color. Intense aromas of cooked dark plums and black currant compote. Hints of tobacco and earth. Pallet is loaded with blackberry jam with hints of grilled herbs and toast. Nice vanilla note on the long finish. Rich and voluptuous. — 4 years ago

Jeff Shaw

9.0

Good Cab- dark plumy, currants, cherry, lil seaweed, lil dirty — 6 years ago

Philip Dobrin

9.0

Excellent mature but not over the hill Bourgogne rouge. Big improvement from my last off bottle — 7 years ago

Marsha Guy

10

Loves this wine chilled it so very smooth — 7 years ago

Donald Patz

Owner/Winemaker Patz & Hall

9.5

Superstar of old-style Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Once it was very tannic and drying it’s now evolved into a wine of sweet pipe tobacco and cherry cola. Still dry, elegant and perfumed — 7 years ago

with Amanda

Tom Casagrande

9.0

Rich and oaky, there’s a lot of black fruit and gravel in the nose. In the mouth, it’s dark and ripe, very intense but not super heavy. Needs steaks, and, fortunately, that’s what we’re having! — 9 years ago

with Angelo

Benoit Duhamel

9.3

Jeunes vignes de Ruchottes Chambertin. Tout en fruit, eclatant et soyeux. Suave et gourmand . N'a pas la meme profondeur que le grand vin par contre. — 9 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.4

We opened and finished this on Saturday. Four days later, the bottle still smells like heaven. — 10 years ago

with Alessandro, Cason and 1 other

John Willison

9.0

Pale gold color. Nose of lemon grass and the ocean. Bright acidity, lemon zest, grapefruit, balanced with honey and minerality. Enjoyable and a good pairing with clams. — 10 years ago

Dave Parker

9.2

2012 vintage — 12 years ago

Brad Jensen

9.1

This was a surprise. The body was lighter than I expected, the nose practically busting with forest floor and dusty ripe red fruits, dusty tannins, but for this meal it paired perfectly. Drank at Arnaud’s in New Orleans. #pinotforpresident — 4 years ago

Mark Talbot

10

Increíble!! — 5 years ago

Steve Pollack

9.1

Reduced initially, but it blew after in an hour. Terrific for the level. Better in 2-3 more years. — 6 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

This showed well coating the palette with sweet, sappy red cherry, strawberry fruits , mineral, spice & rose petal. — 7 years ago

Kathy Andrews

8.9

Had at Jeanne’s 2018 party. John brought. — 8 years ago

Severn G

9.2

3 May 2018 — 8 years ago

Greg Gregory

9.1

Actually drinking well now. I just sold a bunch of these through Benchmark so if you want some they should be on the site. — 9 years ago

Douglas Braun

9.0

Again punching way past it's weight class really pretty violets blueberry — 9 years ago

Dawn E.

8.9

I love Sauvignon Blanc...compared to New Zealand style this wine is closer to a medium body. Crisp ...wonderful with veggies & guacamole..short on the finish...lemon...perfectly summer sipper! — 10 years ago

michele janezic

9.2

yum. best with 🐠. — 10 years ago

with Jennifer and Tina

Tom Higgins

Owner/Winemaker Heart & Hands Wine Company

9.8

Layers of love. Raspberry, dark cherry, currant, mild notes of clove and leather. Nuances of strawberry, continue through the palate and the finish is silky and lengthly. — 13 years ago