Scott Kieser

9.9

I didn’t take any notes on this one, but it stood out for its full throttle intensity, married to supreme elegance, with a textured mouthfeel. Long, resonant finish. First try with this bottling, and I would have purchased two additional cases had I known how brilliant it is. Will back up the truck next year. Hard to believe how open this is at this age, and I don’t know how I will be able to hold on to these for the long haul. — 7 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Thicker than 2021, but just as lifted. A Kabinett of light and air, with enough density to carry you. The acidity was joy itself. The mouthfeel was silk in motion. There's something about the 2023s, they have more breadth, more echo. Like the 21s got stretched sideways in all the right ways.
I didn't take notes. I just sat there. And felt better after a brutal day. Because sometimes, at the end of a brutal day, all you need is a Steinmetz Kabinett to remind you that life still has sweetness. — 9 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

So mineral and banging. Such intensity. — 3 years ago

S.S. Mandani

9.2

Cherry plum perfume.

Spicy tannery tannins dancing with acidity and verve.

Vivacious pick from Wine Therapy in the West Village. Excited for it to open up a bit. — 3 years ago

Iwan

9.1

Lovely Pinot. Light in color and almost see through. Vibrant nose, cherry and forest floor on the palate. Insane QPR, punches way above its price point. — 4 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

Wow. Love these. Wow is that mineral. Stunning mineral depth. Just dizzying. Amazing. Tree bark. Citrus rind. Almost a crystalline purity. Again, so airy like a scene in nature. Super complex nose. Maybe a 9.8. Wow, that is insane. That’s a 9.8 palate. It’s ripe but so crystalline and pure. Focused and nimble. Insane concentration and purity. Dancing pitter patter of acid. So so delicate. Finish is just insane and insane. Early season apricot. Mirabelle plum. Wow. Cleansing acids. Not painful and gently caressing. Insane concentration and power but at the same time it’s super nimble and round. Genius. — 4 years ago

Ej

9.0

Petrol hair perm — 6 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Brilliant and deep. No formal notes. — 7 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.7

Nose: just an overwhelming feeling of freshness. Yellow flowers. Much more dense as this opens. Penetrating.

Palate: sweet minerals. Utterly delicious. Stone fruits. Pure mountain stream. More dense as it opens. Succulent. Juicy. Amazing.

There is a perfection about this. Terrific balance.

Fass selections — a year ago

Jeremy Gordon

9.8

Delicious — 2 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Needs an hour to open up.

Nose is white flowers. Green apple skin.

Palate is clean mineral. Sweet green apple.

Tasty now but this will be amazing in 15 years.

Fass selections

— 3 years ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.4

Beautiful wine - a blend of grapes so obscure the index of Jancis Robinson’s “Wine Grapes” reference will provide clues to only one of them. Highly aromatic - dried herbs & licorice - and a sweet sappy core. Cherry liqueur, buttressing acidity, medium finish. Good structure and balance. Lovely work. — 3 years ago

with Alsu

Matthew Cohen

9.6

@delectable brauneberger juffer auslese NOT Sonnenuhr.

Nose: tropical flowers. Very pretty. Confectionary. Apricot flower. So fine.

Palate: mineral. Confectionery. Super elegant apricots. Wow. Rainwater. So so filigreed. Not a normal sweet fruity auslese. Wow. What a masterpiece.

Auslese is normally viscous. This is so fine. Such a distinctive style. You get the weight of prim but more elegant and more interesting and diverse fruit. More tropical. Wow.

Finish is rainwater infused apricots.

Bought from fass selections. — 4 years ago

Erik Longabardi

9.4

Another gem in the @Lyle Fass book! 🤟🏻 — 9 months ago

Erik Longabardi

9.7

Exceptional — 10 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Excellent and pure. Great balance and barely sweet. A throwback. — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Just insane — 3 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.0

Simply electric. The citrus will blow your face off. — 3 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

A stunning bottle of Mosel Pinot. Deep, penetrating nose of dark cherry, slate, moss, mid season cherry, black cherry and some blackberry flower. Tree bark and such complexity. Has more to tell that is for sure. Wild mint starts to develop. Palate is deep and structured with amazing sap and density and Grand Cru grip and structure. Pure, balanced and lovely black and red cherries with velvety tannins that are perfectly ripe. So pure and so deep. Incredible length and sap. Finish is a mineral wash and accented with blackberries and darker red cherries. This is young but very promising. So long and such well defined fruit. — 4 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Awesome now. Magic. Creamy and rich. Gorgeous slate aromas. Apple pie. Phyllo dough. Clean as clean can be botrytis. Saffron. So complex and refined. White pepper and a hint of sweet wild mint. Enormously complex aromas. Palate is ripe, creamy and so finesse driven. Salty and fresh with very good buffering acidity. Rich and baroque. Terrific inner mouth aromas. Enormous concentration and freshness but my goodness is this refined. Long finish finish that has that foie gras element that I adore in Mosel Auslese. A superb wine. Will track it as opens.

After a few hours, wowza. Nose is more fruit driven with pineapple and papaya. So refined. Palate is stunning. Layered and energetic but also hedonistic while also displaying the classic nimbleness of Classic Mosel Auslese. 9.6 to 9.7. Stunning. — 4 years ago