Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Dense, gorgeous fruit, citrus, creamy, great acid but comforting acid. Awesome. — 2 years ago

Isaac Weissman

9.5

High acidity, and good citrus flavors — 3 years ago

Meg Herring

9.2

Love this Riesling. Super mineral forward. I feel so sad for people who don’t drink Riesling. It’s such a joy. — 5 years ago

Chris Shultz

9.0

Not super complex but refreshing. Darker than I expected, in ripeness and on the nose. There’s some blood orange and forest floor and lots of bruised ripe cherries. Slight bit of leather. Blood orange again, vanilla, and pine on the finish. It’s cherry season out there so if everyone wants to keep talking about cherries, go out and follow them throughout the season and cycles of ripeness. There’s some soft but present, fairly fine-grained tannins and a grey stream mineral finish. — 6 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

This is a KabiNett by the back label. Interesting they call it a Grand Reserve. Highest category I’ve seen at Spater Veit. Insane nose. Spices and perfumed. Peach skin, apple skin, so complex. The Piesport spice bazaar in full effect. Gorgeous hit of honey and tangelo. Palate is a dream. Juicy and complex but light and lithe with such amazing vivid and pure citrus fruits on the mid and finish. Stunning complexity and depth yet so light and nimble. — 6 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.0

Fragrant, light, and minerally Pinot. Light sappy cherries, warm baking spice , and pungent minerality in the nose. Lean but very flavorful in the mouth. Some cherry fruit, but lots of savory elements and acids. Good length. — 7 years ago

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Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Stunning. Nose has a hint of maturity. Petrol, dry leaves, lemon, apple skin, herbal, insanely complex. Palate has so many minerals. Concentrated, bitter fruits, so mineral. High acid and lovely structure to burn. — 7 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

The new top wine. Floral, layered, spice, smells so deep but also a sense of much more lurking underneath. High toned mid season cherry and red currants. Really elegant and lifted. Elite. Stunning. Then saturates the palate with a level of explosive fruit and the most ripe and velvety tannins. This is best Pinot ever at Spater Veit. Unreal wine and endless finish and wonderful aging potential. Energy and keeps that finish. Genius wine. Best Mosel Pinot Noir I have ever had. Stunning. The fruit is so pure. Inner mouth aromas are stunning. — 2 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

That’s actually the previous spater veit in the glass and this wine is much darker. What a wine. Dark berries, dark blackberry, mint, mineral, tree bark, so complex and deep. Wow this is sick. So much black cherry. Genius. Earthy. Truffley. Has some masserata in it. Some weird freak grape. Wow what a palate. Silken, sexy and lush. Lovely blackberry and purple fruits. Like a wine jelly donut filling. Stunning freshness and depth and focused like a laser. Insane linearity. Lovely sweetness. This is incredible. What a revelation. Nose is developing wild mint now. Just a gorgeous wine. So complex, complete and unique! Wow wow wow.

9.4 to 9.5 overnight. So much more complete and added elegance and energy. A stunning wine. — 4 years ago

S.S. Mandani

9.2

Pears, sweetness of cider. Leaf essence laced in a breeze on a hike.

Pears. Well balanced sweetness. A nice peach aftertaste on the end note. Pretty. This is a pretty wine. — 6 years ago

Chris Shultz

9.3

@delectable this is the Piesport Pinot Noir. I don’t know what distinguishes this but it’s not one of their reserve bottles. Still cherry focused, cherry cola. Some blood. Some dried rose and lots of dead leaves. Has developed some secondary notes: plums, cooked and dried fruits. It’s spot on. Good acids. Very fine tannins, very resolved. Not terribly demanding but just right. At this price I wish I could have one per week. The second day it gets plummier and takes on dried, peppery, beefy notes, like drinking magical Coca-Cola. Would be great at wu’s wonton house.

Bought from @Lyle Fass — 6 years ago

Stanislav Lobanov

9.0

16.5/20 (90/100) Аромат грушевого варенья, абрикосового джема и яблочных леденцов. Сладкое с довольно высокой, покалывающей язык кислотностью. Насыщенное во вкусе. Очень хорошо. — 7 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Beautiful nose. Floral, slate, minerals, hint of apricot and peach, palate is to die for, elegant and textured with incredibly focused fruit. More like fruit skin but so precise. Apricot and peach. Terrific freshness, balance and minerality. Delicate mineral finish. Lovely wine. Huge complexity on the finish. A true feinherb in that the sugar only adds a textural element. — 7 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.0

This is 80% Pinot and 20% Dunkelfelder. A charming and easy drinking wine. Dark and deep and not cerebral at all. Juicy and tangy with great freshness and just delicious. So fun. — 2 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

One of my favorite sites in the Mosel. Gorgeous, elegant and honeyed nose. Some spice and unreal fruit. Guava, mango, honeydew melon abound. Classic Goldtropfchen. Elegant, restrained, juicy and chiseled. Sappy and pure. Compelling finesse here. Lovely slatey finish and almost tannic and just keeps pumping out the perfectly ripe fruit but staying nimble and racey the whole time. Startling length. Wow. — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

@delectable Spater-veit goldtropfchen Riesling trocken

Nose is slate. Citrus flower. White flowers. Quite lovely. Scratch that. Fucking beautiful.

Palate is mineral. Citrus. Crunchy. Minerals made from citrus.

Elite levels of typicity. If I could create a mosel trocken from scratch this is what it would be. You can literally smell mosel slate on this. I love this wine.

Bought from fass selections — 5 years ago

S.S. Mandani

9.0

Fresh, creamy, almost like a lemongrass lavender candle. Interesting.

Good carbonation. Good sweetness. Good fruit and acidity. Nice and off dry. The kicker that really rounds out a Riesling for me is not just it’s fresh, herb quality, but umami. I think the savoriness in wonderfully working Rieslings is often underrated or overlooked. We’ve got a bit of it here, which rounds out the experience nicely. — 6 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

Mineral bomb here. Slate, minerals, some peach skin, almost no fruit. Very expressive. Palate is juicy with lovely energy and purity. Rich and textured with great opulence but also energy to burn. Lovely stuff. — 6 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

From a site within Goldtropfchen this is an absolute stunner. 2017 sweet wines are 🔥🔥. Huge nose of apricot, minerals, sweet peaches, vulcanized rubber but in that Mosel way. So good. Amazing balance and richness. Like pink grapefruit with sugar on top and then a whiplash acidity, minerality and salinity. My god this is good. So clean and nimble while being intense and rich. The Mosel ballet. Finishes bone fry. Stunning wine. Coming to an inbox near you. — 7 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Gorgeous. Top “GG” style dry from SV. Stunning. Wow. What a nose. Insane. Peach skin, cooling blue fruits, apricot, all mid season ripeness. Balanced and so pure and so fresh. Complex. Stunning mouthfeel. Insane purity. So long. Genius wine. Balanced structure and fruit forward. — 7 years ago