Joanne

9.1

Walter Hansel remains a favorite Pinot Noir for me. Big on fruit and peppery with a hint of fennel. This Winery never disappoints. Sipping 2018 . — 6 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Wowie!

Fantastic juicy medium cherry fruit. Great spice. So good.

Fass selections — 9 months ago

Martin Sher

9.3

Excellent! Aromatic, sweet baking spice, gratifying heft. — 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. — 3 years ago

Erik Sjolund

9.5

No, great pn. Pretty slim but very strawberry fruity n full. — 4 years ago

Brett Owens

9.2

Awesome wine — 4 years ago

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. — 6 years ago

Mike Obley

9.1

Young entry level wine from this producer. Took an hour to open up. Nice depth a slightly reductive characteristics, in a good way. Will add depth over time — 6 months ago

Sally Neal

9.1

Lovely Pinot from willamette valley. Paired nicely with sausage ravioli with cracked pepper and olive oil and sautéed spinach — 9 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

From 100% Wente clones that get max hang time, large and tiny berries packed together, pale lemon with subtle aromas of citrus and stone fruits. On the palate flavors of apple, lemon and lime flavors, crisp acidity, long finish ending with rich mineral character. Perfect now! — a year 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. — 2 years ago

Joe Roth

9.2

A small winery making excellent Pinot Noir! — 4 years ago

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Colleen McManus

9.1

Birthday gift cards = high-end thanksgiving pinots. Russian River candy apple top notes remain my favorite. — 5 years ago

Graham

9.3

Beautiful balance between lusciousness and flinty minerality. Wowzer. — 6 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Big 18 sunshine nose. Violets, mulch and spice. Some nice sweet wood as well. But just enormous spice. Very Fruh. Palate is so elegant and full of violets and wonderful inner mouth florals. Really nice opulent texture and just floats. Let’s see what air does. After air this gets more linear and gains edge and energy. Really different now than when it was p and p. — 8 months ago

Michael Walker

9.9

Excellent chard, beautiful golden color, fragrant pear on the nose, good full bodied follow through on the palate. Only demerit is the slightest acidic twist at the back end. But that mellows after breathing awhile. Don’t overchill — a year ago

Dave Mayers

9.5

Lucille. Holy WOW! This is American excellence. Lemon stones and reduction xtreme. Wish I could try this in 10 yrs. Perf. — 2 years ago

Paul J

9.3

Dark gold color. Needed some air to blow off some funk. Nutty and buttery with low acid. Medium plus depth. Finish could have been longer. Good QPR @ $34. — 3 years ago

Alex Moura

9.5

This is my jam right now. — 4 years ago

Darren Dittrich

9.2

2018 might be even better than the ‘17. Lemon curd, light tropical notes, but steely Chablis-like acidity makes it all work. Another lovely WScott Chard, esp. for those that are not as fond of the warmer siblings father south. — 5 years ago