Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.9

Sick nose. Pulverized rock dust. Elegant. Juicy and brilliant. Gorgeous fruit. This is a 9.9 for me. So concentrated and pure. The minerality. Sweet herbals. Grippy! This is 9.95. God damn. This is insane. — 3 years ago

Aravind A

9.4

Pop and pour. This is flat-out gorgeous. The wood influence in this bottle is much less visible, by comparison to my last btl. On the nose: peach, basil, vanilla cream, ripe meyer lemon, so compelling. On the palate: fantastic acidity, amazing density, lovely spiced peach, citrus and a touch of white pepper on the dense finish. Absolutely stunning. — 4 years ago

Peter Heyboer

9.1

Girlfriend picked this up for birthday dinner. Peach and floral aromas. Higher acid balances the sweet and has a light grassy flavor with strong peach/pear. Very enjoyable and would have again! — 5 years ago

with Jody, Ethan and 1 other

Roman Ochocki

9.5

Amazing. It's fruity, but I've felt only a sweet, ripe plum. But the best is the rest: spicy aromas with leather and smoke like from smokehouse. I simply love it! — 6 years ago

Aaron Tan

8.9

The condition of the bottle was remarkable - the wine was fresh and crisp, like the day it was bottled. Bright with a tinge of green, no signs of TDN at all. Only the mellowed acidity gave any indication of age. Insane!

Despite all that, the wine itself was rather disappointing. Not really complex or deep, and finish was quite short. I guess it did come from a tough vintage. However, it had the classic Grunhaus lightness - drinking more like a kabi than spat. In conclusion, an easy fun drink that fell below expectations. — 6 years ago

Pooneet K

9.0

Nice wine. A bit more powerful of a style. Bottled just a few weeks ago - quite fresh. Finish was a bit thin at first but with some air firmed up and the acid made itself know. Mouth filling with good fruit and acidity, and a bit of earth. — 7 years ago

Sean Lowry

8.9

2012v. Petrol and wax on the nose. On the palette, there's a wash of sweet yellow apple and tangy lemon lime. Slight petrol on the finish but it's a clean ending. Slightly sweet, decent acidity, and a nice body in the mouth makes for a versatile and easy drinking wine. — 8 years ago

Martinez

9.1

Riesling from the Paradiesgarten vineyard, a quite cool Premier cru in Deidesheim (Pfalz). Barrel fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged on its lees. Elegant nose. Passion fruit. Minerals — 3 years ago

Willie Carter

9.0

My first sparkling Riesling and it is indeed fun and interesting. Bright clear straw color with little green flecks. A fine mousse with small energetic bubbles. A fantastic citrusy nose heavy on lemon zest and fresh limes. Apricots and pears. An abundance of green and red apples along with toasted bread. There’s some really nice wet stone minerality action here as well.

Easily one of the most intriguing sparklers I’ve had in a while. Very classically styled and so reminiscent of champagne in so many ways. Highly zippy acidity and innate freshness. Personality and character in droves. Bone dry and spunky with a medium body and a long finish. The palate is generous with more citrus fruit and just a bit of earth. This is a fantastic bubbly. — 4 years ago

John Van Trijp

9.6

What a Beauty! — 5 years ago

Colin Cahoon

9.4

Petroleum and a hint of honeysuckle on the nose. On the palate I get chalk, minerals, wet cement, peach, honey, and light citrus with the petroleum notes still lingering in the nose. A clean, light acid finish. An excellent Riesling. — 6 years ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.1

Beautiful work, in, as others have noted, a rather austere style. — 6 years ago

with Corey and Alsu

Larry Frierson

9.3

Very different. A 2013 German Sauvignon Blanc. It’s minerally bordering on salty. Fruit creeps in after 1/2 hour. Probably needs more time. Certainly at the top end of SBs. Went very well with Raclette. — 8 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.0

Nicely aromatic with yellow fruit, vineyard peaches & apricot, some lime freshness.
On the palate this is a perfect balance of juicy acidity and ripe fruit. Creamy mouthfeel, almost Burgundian in style.
Never disappoints. — 4 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.3

Outstanding - tastes like NSG/Gevrey blend. Quite dark. Dark fruit with a touch of cherry and a raspberry aftertaste. Cloves. Plenty of minerals. Very well managed tannins. This would be 80-100$ if it would be a Burgh. Bought only 2 bottles to sample the wine but will buy this in the future. Very Burgundian. If you want to pay less but still have the Burgh experience this is it. Lyle an of this left? — 5 years ago

Benno

9.1

Nicely balanced, moderate sweetness, white fruit, good length with a building pithy acidity towards the end. — 5 years ago

Julia Indik

9.2

Bold at the start with blackberries, plums, and currants. Then notes of chocolate and some smoke with a tight, non-acidic finish — 6 years ago

Drew Cordes

9.3

Crushed rocks, white flowers, and lemon-lime on the nose. Same on the palate, plus starfruit/underripe pineapple, and some passionfruit. High acidity well balanced with a touch of RS. — 6 years ago

Carlo Fernandez

9.1

Clean, high acidity. Elegant sharpness with a medium + finish. Apples and Pears . — 7 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.0

Fresh, zingy and deeply fruity. Pear, melon, apple skin and a lovely whiff of dusty minerality...
A verg good Kabinett.
APnr. 1-10 — 8 years ago