Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Really come out of its shell. Meaty, feral and minty nose. Also so much limestone and it’s so prevalent. Such a great nose. 50% N Rhone, 50% Baden. Palate is fresh and energetic with terrific intensity and gorgeous early season blackberry fruit and just insane juiciness. Powdery tannins and extraordinary fruit character. This is an easy 9.5 and will only improve over the days and hours. Now this is something with air and had a glorious velvety texture and melty tannins. — 2 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.3

Quite bold and extracted reminds me of Denis Mortet. Essentially at the same level - and blind I would guess this is a Burgh. Dark cherry, hint lime, graphite, back palate sour green apple, seems closed and might need more air. Stylistically I prefer E&M. After days under Argon mellowed out and further improved +1. — 4 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Ridiculous Rhini! What a nose. Red cherries and berries galore. You can smell the density. Gorgeous soil and limestone tones. Unreal expansiveness and so so aromatic. Just a crazy nose that has so much breadth. The clarity, purity and pinosity are off the charts. Palate is tangy and tense and as usual at chez Ziereisen it needs mega air but the structural architecture is there. A very red fruited expression of Pinot which seems to be the new direction this estate’s Pinots are going in which I am here for. Lovely bitter herbals on the nose now. Great freshness and acidity but needs to fill out. It will. I’ll be back. Fruit getting sweeter with air that classic hidden Rhini structure. Now with air the nose is super spicy and complex . Herbal and spicey. Fruit is so much sweeter and is like a squeegee on the palate and clings to the palate. So clean on the backend. Huge quality change on day 2. Nose is denser and cleaner with rich cherry fruits, pine resin, black forest vibes and spice. Wow. A 9.7 nose today. Palate is elegant and dense with that unreal Rhini elegant yet substantial structure and crazy complexity. Big but very very fine tannins. 9.5 to 9.6 overnight. — 5 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.6

Baden. Pinot. Kaiserstuhl. An old vulcano in the rhine valley. GG. Warmest area in Ger. figs grow there. Undertasted, ratet und non existent in the US. A suitcase import. Under imported. And overpriced when they are imported. Bought this for 20 bucks in 2012. Brown tinge. Orange zest nose, brown tinge. In the glass blueberries, bark, touch crushed marble, cardamom, hint turmeric, cherries and black tea. Great juice! Might go back May 2024. — 6 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.3

Impressive but really big for a Pinot. More if i find a second bottle. For those in the know one of the Top 10 Pinot Specialists in Germany. These folks have their own oak forest. — 7 months ago

Eric

9.3

Elegant and sophisticated and just reserved enough to keep you totally occupied and interested. @Lyle Fass Fantastic! — 2 years ago

Erik Longabardi

9.4

So damn good — 2 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Man I love this wine.

Nose: mid season cherries. Cherry flowers.

Palate: so silky. Mid season cherries. Such sweet delicious fruit.

Fass selections. — 4 months ago

Rob van Kalmthout

9.4

Razorsharp Chardonnay. Yellow fruits, butter, vanilla. Very very nice acidity, chalky notes, perfect balance. Magnum 2016. 13• alcohol. — 5 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

8.9

Less than 1000 bottles made. By a Hobbyist from Novartis. Carries interest but is now too old so drink up! Orange rind, bandaid, tannins almost fully resolved, acidic, lacks fruit. Hint of cherry and oregano. — 6 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.3

Quite tart strawberry driven. So fresh. Folks at the impromptu ‘case-tasting’ when Lyles wine arrived liked this one the best. More when this is settled after it’s travails. — 6 months ago

ESF

8.9

Revisiting this gnarly wine - similar experience if not a bit more cohesive. Drinks so much better at cellar temp, such impressive weight & flavor extraction — 7 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Just drinking perfectly. Fully expressive. A joy. No formal notes. What a wine. — 9 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.1

Light. Really nicely made. Dark berries. Hint lime. Has a bite. For the price a real steal. 22 bucks Pinot. — 3 months ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.3

Was looking for a Pinot with a bit more structure and opened up this - man, this has evolved beautifully over the last 2y! Showing such finesse & elegance right now, the tannins so fine & smooth and the fruit shining. This is really a beauty to open up now.
Red berries with undergrowth, some tree bark, a hint of exotic spice & orange zest, maybe a whiff of dark cherry. So fresh, so juicy, so enticing!!
On the palate this sings! Impeccably balanced, with great depth & elegance.
Wow. This is quite profound and a stunner!
What a beauty! — 4 months ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.5

WOTN...rich developed leather, graphite and dark berries. Beautiful wine — 5 months ago

steph s

9.0

Nice, light body... my kind of red — 6 months ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.4

Fantastic. Showing really well. — 7 months ago

Stephen Dodson

9.0

Pretty good — 7 months ago

Peter C

9.4

@11 years still closed for over an hour before opening to a well balance wine. Nice! — 2 years ago