Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Drinking right at its apex. Beautiful mature nose: sweet Pinot fruit, sous-bois, a little mushroom, old oak fully absorbed, and very expressive minerals. But the palate is the story. Velvety, sweet-fruited, seamless and polished, with gorgeous tannin quality and all the oak now integrated into the wine instead of sitting on top of it. Mature, elegant, luxurious, but still alive and precise. A rare 11-year-old Franconian Pinot caught perfectly. — 13 days ago

Ed Chin

9.2

Tons of fruit — 2 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

What a nose. Huge minerals, herbs, vanilla extract, flowers. Really herbal and perfumed. Also some sort of tree bark and tonic aromas. Huge intense palate with that 21 edge. Salty, crunchy and intense. Long and pure. Terrific inner mouth aromas. Concentration. So juicy and long. Elegant. So pure. Refreshing. Salty. So so long. The finish is so good. — 4 years ago

Willem Booij

9.2

Just curious, bought a dozen because it was to cheap. Promising a lot for later. It’s pure and intens, I put this away for at least a decade. — 5 years ago

Joshua Sheldon

8.9

Really good — 7 years ago

Meg Herring

9.5

I love when you can really taste the botrytis! A really incredible dessert wine. So much acidity lifting it up. Exceptional wine. — 7 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

More notes later. Stunning. So smoky and sweet. Ethereal.

Nose of smoke, mesquite, sweet raspberry fruit, violets and other flowers. Unreal.

Palate is soft and sweet and spreads to every nook and cranny. Unreal purity, length and delicacy. — 8 years ago

Joseph Barsky

9.4

2015 Vintage. Lovely but better the next day. — 5 months ago

Berry Marinussen

9.2

With a yellow curry — 8 months ago

Anne Meyer

9.1

dessert course (rhubarb) — 3 years ago

Peter Sultan

8.9

Thick body, with an array of stone fruit & white flowers on palate. Found it to be a bit meh in mid palate & in its acidity. — 4 years ago

with Owen

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Almost 2 years since I’ve had this. What a wine. Gorgeous nose of herbal vegetables that are so so fresh. Dynamic mineralIty on the nose with also a hint of fat. Palate is elegant and mineral with wonderful juiciness and a haunting opulent yet undeniably fresh texture. Age has really helped this be fully expressive. Great balance and purity. — 7 years ago

Andrew Brenner

9.0

Glou glou — 8 years ago

K J

9.2

Gramercy. Deserty super sweet Paired well with citrus salad. — 8 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Outrageous. So supple and generous and knockout aromas. — 7 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

8.9

Good pop n pour — 7 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

A stunning showing and 16 might be the best vintage ever at Walter. Nose is late season cherries, some framing oak, spice, tobacco, stunning minerality and just endless depth. So floral and complex. I could smell this all day. Smells like elite NSG right now. Palate is just amazing. Ridiculous dark cherry fruit that is so crunchy, fresh and concentrated. Wow this is so precise and succulent. Insane balance and hidden power. What depth and length. Amazing stuff in that it’s so silky and juicy and sweet and the oak is already so well integrated on the palate. This has sexy, velvety tannins and an amazingly long finish. 9.5 now but this will go higher. — 3 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

Our final lunch in Cairns last Sunday for the boys weekend away. A wonderful lunch at the Salt House on the Cairns waterfront. No formal notes. Pepik is the 2nd label of Josef Chromy from the East coast of Tasmania. Red fruits on nose and palate with a little white pepper. A good match with the superb seafood curry. — 5 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.0

Surprisingly energetic and sharp for a Pfalz Riesling with steely, spicy lemons and a whiff of peach in the background. Great juiciness & purity, this has the drinkability if a clear mountain spring. Brilliant for sipping solo, but will hold its ground with light food. A cracker entry level wine & brilliant value! — 6 years ago

Kai Wright

9.0

Drinking up my stock of these as the previous bottles were past their prime. But my final one goes out with life still in it! Apple, pear, ripe and juicy lemon, maybe even a little pineapple on the long finish. — 8 years ago