Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Has been a little over a year and wanted to check in. Gorgeous herbal nose and some just ripe apricot. Lifting minerals. Floral. Citrus. Just gorgeous. Really open. Wow. Palate is a grapefruit and citrus explosion. Wonderful purity and freshness. So delicate yet very powerful and deep. So tense and structured. Wonderful dry extract. Müllen at his best here. Nimble and powerful. With years to go. Such nice sappy citrus and apricot on the finish. — 4 years ago

Nicole Dias

9.0

Delicious, almost a bit fizzy. Purchased at Bar & Garden in Culver City, drank at home with a caprese and steak with herb salsa. — 6 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.5

13.1% abv — 6 years ago

MB Kirby

9.4

complex, spicy fruit, white pepper and a hint of black olive tapenade — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.3

Don’t know much about this wine other than it being tight and tannic AF even after hours of being open. Chewy. Dark. Brooding. Young. Give it at least 5yrs of a full day of decanting! — 7 years ago

Raul Puga

8.9

Very smooth. Great value — 8 years ago

Howard White

9.0

Lovely nice Chablis. Value at £9.50. Best Chablis so far. — 10 years ago

Kirk Richardson

9.7

Great red on the lighter end with seafood! — 10 years ago

Chris Almida

9.3

Light and fluffy! — 10 years ago

Craig Benner

9.1

Solid Monday night. — 10 years ago

Sarah Altenhofen

9.4

Had at lake with mom - real nice — 4 years ago

Kathryn McCarty

8.9

Tastes like subtle red berries, flinty and terroir. Rated 92 by James Suckling. Soft tannins - not hearty but not as berry flavored as other Garnacha wines. — 5 years ago

Alex Jones

Marketing/Development Kunni/Westerly Wines

8.9

Peach, honey, spice and white pepper. Was delicious and refreshing with sautéed vegetables. Great acid in the finish. — 6 years ago

Erik Longabardi

9.4

Fresh. 🍏 🍋❤️ Oxidized; but this is why I love it. #oxidationbeatsvaandmouseanyday — 7 years ago

Howard Greenfield

9.5

Thanks @Martin G Rivard . This was delicious!! — 7 years ago

Louise Mosgaard

9.2

Lovely smooth, notes of ripe fruit, liqurish and peper — 8 years ago

Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen KC

9.2

Deep and rich Gruner with a savory mix of mineral, phenolic spicy flavors. Dry and precise for a fuller bodied style. — 9 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.0

10 February 2016. Minetta Tavern, New York, NY. — 10 years ago

Carlos Chiti

9.0

29/AGO/2015 — 10 years ago

Marissa Payne

9.0

Floral, white peach, strawberries and watermelon. Fresh and tart on the palate with medium plus acidity. — 10 years ago

Scott Wren

9.7

Sangee Pinot. Beautiful Salmon color. Nice fresh strawberry — 11 years ago

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9.6

When I tasted the 2018 Cheval Blanc from barrel, I felt that it deserved a very good score, though not one that implied potential perfection. The bottle was tasted upon opening, but I only began to pen my tasting note after 3–4 hours’ decanting. I still find the bouquet more open than many recent vintages, the ripe brambly red fruit intermingling with clove, sage and light graphite notes originating from the Cabernet components (46% of the final blend). It is a really seductive bouquet, though not as complex or as nuanced as, say, the astonishing 2016 or the impressive 2015. The palate is medium-bodied with refined tannins. A harmonious and elegant Cheval Blanc that has retained the linearity I remarked upon in barrel. So it is not a flamboyant Cheval Blanc like the Cabernet-dominated 2017, but it is a far better wine thanks to the Merlot imparting flesh and rondeur. The finish is extremely precise but never powerful, almost Burgundy-like in weight, with a lightly spiced aftertaste. As the hours pass in the decanter, it gains depth and a little more precision on the finish. This does not possess the otherworldly profundity to equal legends such as the 1934, 1964 or 2016; it is simply a wonderful Cheval Blanc to sit back and savor as a Saint-Émilion par excellence. (Neal Martin, Vinous, March 2021)
— 5 years ago

Mac Tabilis

10

Amazingly smooth and the after bite is fire. I am very impressed well worth the buy!!! — 6 years ago

Alex Weiss Hills

9.0

Put it on the table every night. — 7 years ago

with Samantha

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

What a nose. It pops. Big peach and apricot and that purest citrusy syrup dash of honey thing. Really singing. Slate in the background but beautiful and clean fruit. Floral and almost a nougat element as well. Stunning. Palate is at once opulent and also bone dry with razor sharp 2008 acidity and cleansing minerality and citrus on the finish which really is long and delineated. This is outrageous now. — 7 years ago

Eric

9.5

Such a solid hook up @Martin G Rivard. Vanilla and citrus have developed on the nose as time has passed. Fruit perseveres, tannins have settled. So good! — 8 years ago

Emily and Steve

9.5

$14.99 at Total Wine — 9 years ago

Howard Graef

8.9

$24. Full body with nice finish. — 10 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.5

Incredibly layered stuff, with teeth-staining minerality, balanced by rich fruit flavors, bordering on tropical with plenty of grilled lemon juiciness in reserve. Never-ending finish with a complex tannic grip providing lift and energy. Thru 2020, at least. — 10 years ago

Marshal White

9.3

So good, so complete.! — 10 years ago

with Eric