Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Outrageous entry level Pinot Noir. Just crazy nose. The most lithe, elegant, detailed red cherry ever. A hint of dried cherry. Roses. Wow. Swiss alpine spice and green. Alpine meadow. 9.7 nose. Yowza. Palate is razor sharp with gorgeous, elegant tannins, that just short of sweet fruit thing Adank has mastered and an awesome mineral finish. Unreal stuff. — 22 days ago

Norman

9.2

Nice but I think there are better Born bottles to be had. Better as the chill comes off the bottle. — a year ago

Deborah M

9.0

Really delicious. Dry sake. Great mouthfeel. Refreshing. @Niwa (Japanese BBQ). — 3 years ago

Emma Gill

9.5

Honey, fresh, full bodied
With salmon, chicken, pork.
Beetroot beignet and John Dory at the house.
John wilson 26.50 — 4 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2019 | the miracle of Rosmalen, only five people know about. Rondeur and pretty fruitiness — 8 months ago

Steve Ambrusko

9.2

Rich and bold, but still smooth on the palate. Notes of tobacco & cherry. — 10 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

This is a stunning bottle. What a nose. Grassy, citrus, green apple, huge and I mean huge minerality. Smoke, flint and it’s piercing my nostrils. Tiny bit of malo/butter/oak but that’s 10% of the nose. Wow that palate is awash with acids and minerals up the wazoo. With huge red grapefruit and scintillating energy. It’s got huge acid but at the same it is silky and the structure on the finish is brilliant. So long and salty. Wonderful delineation. Super long finish. The salinity on the finish is remarkable. This was a 9.4 but the finish and balance make it a 9.5. Nose is so integrated now after some air. White Burgundy mimicry going on here. Got that Burgundian stank to it. Like elite Chassagne 1er Cru. As this airs it gets an intense chewy concentration and density. It keeps gaining complexity and density. 9.5 to 9.6. — 3 years ago

Norman

9.1

Born “Dreams Come True” is a Junmai Daiginjo from Kato Kichibee Shoten in Fukui Prefecture. It’s aged for five years at –5 °C (some sources mention –8 °C). This is supposed to be one of the top Born sakes and it would be interesting to try with a couple others side by side. It’s a liter bottle and when it got opened it was on the cold side. As it warmed and opened up you can see why people call it flamboyant. It becomes a big, powerful sake with big flavors and a long finish. Heavy weight on the palate but very smooth and as they say velvety. It was nice but I wouldn’t go out of my way for it - not sure why other than maybe how it started out which was a bit sharp, angular and lean. Need to pull these earlier. — 9 months ago

S.S. Mandani

9.5

Money.

Actually born gold. Name lives up!

Soft, silken, balanced, clarified, pear and lychee.

Beautiful. — a year ago

Martin ho

9.2

Lovely finish, sweet finish. Not too dry. Some floral notes. — 4 years ago