Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

I have been waiting to taste this wine for 4 years and it’s better than I imagined. Holee fuck. This is the best young Walter wine I’ve ever had. Blind anybody would say grand cru red burg. Easily up there with the top 5 German Pinots I’ve ever had. Just insane nose. It’s insane right off the bat. The nose is a spectrum. There is so much and its so fragrant and so detailed and so vivid and so so delicate. It’s the Pinot Noir experience from a top vineyard that nothing else can reproduce. Huge chestnut, fresh rotting leaves, orange rind, cherry flower, mid season cherry. Tons and tons of the most beautiful spice your nose gets lost. It’s so stunning. And I’ve only described maybe 1/3rd of the nose. There are accents of mint and menthol and also hints I’d very fine cigar. A new nuance and detail every time you stick your nose in the glass. The palate puts the G in Grand Cru. It’s totally seamless. Just this beautiful orb of Hundsruck that is blessing your palate. It’s opulent and sweet but also velvety and has the most velvety, melty, to die for tannins. Just perfect balance. I know Walter and I know this wine is only showing 10% as I’ve NEVER had a mature Hundsrück. The 11 and 12 are still too young. This is a mindboggljng wine that is so distinctive. No Pinot in the world acts like it smells like or taste like Walter’s Hundsrück. This is a masterpiece. This is Walter’s Seven Samurai. So elegant and deep wirh just an amazing finish that keeps on adding length and richness the more the wine aerates. This is a 9.7 right now. Any other producer we are at 9.8 now but this is Walter and air is this estates friend. A masterpiece and a new benchmark in German Pinot.

UPDATE: after 3 hours this is as transcendent as German Pinot gets. Just velvet. Amazing delicacy in this wine. A privilege to drink now at 3 hours. Waffling between 9.7 and 9.8. — 6 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.5

Dark blackberry, blueberry, fruit all the way. The balance and silkiness make this a wonderful pour. The mid palate is rewarded with an explosion of layered flavors of fruit. @jesus g @David L @Paul T — 9 years ago

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10

1999 Hubert Lignier Clos de la Roche burgundy. Dinner at The G w J&L B and B&K K. Big wine dinner, starting with a 1958 Borgogno and followed by this wine. We decanted this immediately upon being seated and let it breathe for a good hour before pouring. Still huge and a little tight at first, but opened up pretty quickly in the glass. Just got better and better. Big hit. — 9 years ago

Levasseur

9.5

J ai adoré ce vin. Typique de la mondeuse. Super retour poivré. Mil 2013 bu en 2016. — 10 years ago

John Schlechter

9.7

Had it at J and G with Scott Rich the winemaker best wine of the trip — 12 years ago

Donald Patz

Owner/Winemaker Patz & Hall

9.9

Developing nicely - 2005 magnum - with friends at J&G - The St Regis at Bal Harbor. — 13 years ago

with Patz

Shay A

9.3

Day 4 in Napa in the books! Running a day behind on notes...Napa time runs slow AND fast!

Another year, another insane meet up with @jesus g ! We had the pleasure of hanging out with him twice this time, once at the Davies tasting room and a second time when he gave us an awesome private, VIP like experience at the Schramsberg caves!

This ‘09 JSchram, which is their more Blanc de Blanc style, is young bit delicious. Lemon bar, apple crisp, cashew, meringue and and just beginning to show some honeycomb/honeyed melon notes. I decided I like the JSchram with more age and enjoy the Reserve at a younger age. — 7 years ago

with jesus

Henry Gorndorff

9.6

Smooth and silky, great drop from Eri and J — 8 years ago

Jeff Budge

9.3

An excellent Cab in a great setting (J&G Steakhouse in the Phoenician) — 9 years ago

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10

1983 Chateau Margaux bordeaux. Dinner at The G w J&L B and B&K K. Big wine dinner that ended with this bottle. We didn't decant this as it was a game-time decision to consume it, but it was still awesome! Definitely green, tight, and big when first poured, but opened up beautifully. K thought it was very good, but didn't "love" it. — 9 years ago

Gwendolyn Blair

9.3

At the cellar/Barcelona with G and J — 9 years ago

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10

Vidonia Listan Blanco. White wine from Canary Islands! Blind taste during dinner at Press w J&A C, B&Ver G, and K. We all thought it was an aged Chardonnay. Lovely. Round and deep and great to drink. Super interesting and would love to find again! — 11 years ago

Nenad Marovac

9.8

Lets see if Delectable can get this! ;-) — 13 years ago

Tracy Hall

9.0

This was a wild ride. Unusual aromatics of flintstone or scooby doo kids vitamins. Tastes like that too. The second day was better with those flavors fading, but still not my style (better with food) 33.3% equal parts of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier. Based on 2008 & 2009 vintages. Disgorged 2017. Dosage 4.5 g/L. SS — 7 years ago

Mike R

9.5

@jesus g amazing wines and an awesome time - learned so much - you are good my friend

The Jamie is hook places - and quickly - such an incredible taste - I will drinking many more - smiles for everyone — 8 years ago

with jesus and S

Erik Michielsen

9.5

Outtasite! Grateful to taste after G brought this along for 2nd night of bday celebrating in Kalamazoo. — 9 years ago

with Debbie

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10

1998 Domaine G. Roumier Bonnes Mares Burgundy. Lunch w J&H R and Leon at The I.I. K took a chance on this wine- not a terribly notable year- and it was out of this world. HR particularly loved this. Bottle had been standing for 2 weeks, which K thinks contributed to making a huge difference in our enjoyment. Color was completely clear- no murkiness. We had a hard time pinning down the nose on this wine. No hard edges- super subtle in texture, taste, and nose. K makes note how surprised he was that this wine is drinking so epically right now. — 9 years ago

Ursula Hermacinski

10

More from a tasting and dinner with Turley Wines at the J&G Grill, St Regis Deer Valley — 10 years ago

Chris Messina

9.1

Really smooth, enjoyable. — 13 years ago

Gustavo Rios

9.7

Excelente vino para conmemorar nuestro 15o aniversario. Restaurante J&G Grill en Bal Harbor — 13 years ago