Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

This is a superstar wine in 22 and now 23. They also could not be more different. Stunning nose of ripe mid to late season cherry and a hit of kirsch. Stunning fruit clarity. Gorgeous stoniness and elegant herbs. Terrific tiny berry fruit intensity. Elite finesse and shows the silkiness of this brilliant site. The tannins are stoney and big but ripe and sweet. This doesn’t have the decadence of the 2022. Great freshness and has that chord progression fruit that is a signature of 2023. Unreal silkiness. Gorgeous wine but will be better with a few more hours of air. Oh it’s getting opulent like this site does and wow the energy is off the charts. Tannins melting into fruit. After 5-6 hours this is just insane. The energy of 23 and the opulence of 22. Genius!
— 9 months ago

Luciana Barros

10

Fantastic!! — 4 years ago

Michelle M

9.5

Boldly and marvelously fragrant, with ripe cherry, blackberries, almond paste, cinnamon stick, and hints of cloves, spicy mint, and warm tires on the nose. Dark cherry, juicy plum, raspberry on the palate with notes of milk chocolate giving way to sharp scratchy mint-tea tannins and a hint of bacon fat emerging with black peppercorns on a long finish. Very well done and interesting. Excellent value — 6 years ago

Ben Lehman

9.0

2018 vintage. A little richer than last vintage which was absolutely incredible. May need some time, but lacking a bit of that electric acidity and minerality. Still great — 6 years ago

Martin Sher

9.2

Still strong - yellowing and taking on a bit more heft at this pt — 8 years ago

Nick Ferrall

9.2

Decent amount of funk on opening, which blew off after an hour. Bright fruit, mild tannins and a blast of herbs. Everything I want from a Cab Franc. — 8 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.7

Tasting de tatcher — a year ago

Matt Perlman

9.3

Gorgeous chenin, totally clean, stony and pure — a year ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.2

Superbe bouteille, belle tension, mineral, fruit pur, salin avec de la rondeur et du volume. 91-92

Superb bottle, fresh, crisp, pure fruit, saline almost yet with some weight and volume, gorgeous. — 5 years ago

Jeff

9.5

Ripe blackberry and black plum coalesce with baking spices such as cocoa and an underlying flavor of savory spices such as cayenne. — 6 years ago

Pierre-nicolas Chabanel

9.1

Vintage 2016 — 6 years ago

Severn G

9.2

3 May 2018 — 8 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.1

29 August 2017. Rouge Tomate, New York, NY. — 9 years ago

Jol

9.0

Anne boisson très valable — a year ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Disgorged Jan 17 this was rich with a touch of the Selosse ox — a year ago

Sergio L Figueiredo

8.9

Álcool 11,5%.
Dúvidas com relação as uvas. — 5 years ago

Ricardo Bohn Goncalves

9.2

Sylvia Loeb Set20 02gfs — 6 years ago

Steve Medbery

9.3

Dark cherry, plum, dried spice — 6 years ago

Seungwoo Ko

10

Nice flavor — 7 years ago

Rob Moose

9.3

Gorgeous. Complex yet fresh. A touch of mint and raw pepper above brandies cherries and forest floor. In a great place and paired super well with duck and pork/clams at Lucques. — 8 years ago

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