Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

10

Insane nose: red cherry, tea, a little sauvage underarm complexity, and stunning elegance. Limpid, lithe, fresh, and full of movement, with lower acid than 2021 but incredible life. — 4 days ago

"Odedi"

9.2

It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Let's bring Merlot back!

Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Red fruits with chocolate notes on the nose, and medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with sweet raspberries, cherries, red currants, coffee, earth, light wood, spices, dark chocolates, tobacco leaf, light black pepper, herbs and black tea.

Long finish with round tannins and tangy cherries.

This 8 year old Merlot from Pomerol is drinking beautifully now, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years. Elegant and fruity. Complex and entertaining.

Delicious right out of the bottle, and better with airtime. A great sipping wine, that will pair nicely with food too.

A blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. Aged for 22 months in all new French oak barrels.

15% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$60. — 5 months ago

Fred P

8.9

Solid Bordeau. Ready to drink. Cherries, oak, vanilla. Slightly underwhelming finish. — 7 months ago

Henry Fuseler

9.0

5/2024. Very nice blend. Full of flavor. Sits well on the palate. Good finish. Paired well with the grilled bone in pork chop at Mr. Friendly’s. — 2 years ago

Krista Wrona

8.9

My father has a case of these 1983 BV in his father’s wine collection. Have sat undisturbed for a few decades since my grandfather passed. Opened this for Easter dinner if braised lamb shanks. Had some cork breakage but decanted and let it breathe… it was quite delicious! Looking forward to drinking the rest of his collection! — 4 years ago

Randy Boesch

9.3

Excellent Merlot with dark Cherry boysenberry vanilla and oak notes. Great pairing with a ribeye off the grill. Decanted for one hour. — 5 years ago

Roman Boudou

9.8

“Why is your wine so fucking good!?” — 2 months ago

Haelee Kim

8.9

Got from Costco bc the name. Good Napa cab, would drink again — 3 months ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

The Vosne-esque Aux Thorey is showing beautifully at age 14, perfumed and seductive with excellent depth and concentration. It’s dark fruited, black tea and spice tinged and laced with minerality. In a great place. — 4 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Pale lemon color, light creamy mousse, tiny bubbles, with aromas of stone and citrus fruits, underlying toasty notes, blend of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay. On the palate flavors of apple and peach with citrus zest, honeysuckle and chalky nuttiness. Lively acidity with good balance, long finish ending with fruit, biscuit and slight chalky notes. — 6 months ago

Bardia Khoshnoodi

9.5

Drank without decanting. Light on the nose and a smooth sweet taste on the tongue. Fruit flavors and not intense at all. Great wine and well named! Day 2: sweet fruity smell with more of an alcohol scent. As I taste it, I still taste fruit but it is a bit more acidic. Still good overall but not the same as day 1. — 7 months ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.3

Excellent chenin from Cali that is very true to the grape, citrus fruits and zest, florals, chipped rock minerality, and the telltale lanolin that classic chenin will usually have. Great acidity, med/med+, nose and med+ palate and finish. Top domestic chenin! — 4 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

8.9

Un vin encore bien jeune, puissant, encore un peu tannique mais avec du fruit, du potentiel. À revoir dans 2-3 ans. 89-90

A powerful wine with lots of tannins but with fruit and potential, to revisit in a few years. — 4 years ago

Roman Boudou

9.6

Prostitute…. — 2 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.8

I’m starting to get a little nervous about 2019 red Burgundy. The vintage was so dazzling young that people, understandably, got seduced. It reminded me of 2005 in that way, huge early authority, massive promise, the kind of wines that make you think you are looking at immortality. But now I’m seeing the same thing I eventually saw there: a slightly roasty evolution and a pace of maturation that feels faster than I’m comfortable with. This 2019 Pierre Brisset Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Aux Thorey is still gorgeous, a 9.7 wine, but it also reinforces the point. If I had real depth in 2019s, I would not be waiting around for some imaginary perfect plateau. I’d start drinking. This really got younger and more dense overnight and is drinking way better. 9.7 to 9.8. — 3 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Deep Ruby color with aromas of dark berry fruits, oak and floral notes. On the palate flavors of blackberry, cherry and plums with tobacco and herb spice. Firm grippy tannins, medium+ finish ending with fruit, oak, spice and mineral character. Ok but Juliet better! — 5 months ago

Fred P

8.9

Solid Bordeau. Ready to drink. Vanilla, oak, cherries. Slightly underwhelming finish. — 7 months ago

Matthew W.

9.4

Muted jammy black fruits, woody notes, subtle bitmus. Smooth, firm finish. — 3 years ago

Andrew Haines

9.3

Easter dinner — 4 years ago

Laura Purdy

9.2

Found the 2018 Barrel Chaser for $30 - what a deal. This is a great Cab for the price. — 5 years ago