Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

A wonderfully aromatic, classically shaped Barolo, dominated by fresh roses, spice, early-season cherry, sour cherry and ripe mid-season cherry, with crunchy red apple skin, loam, chestnut, desiccated leaves and a cool touch of menthol emerging with air. The fruit becomes progressively purer, more concentrated and more precisely defined, while remaining clean and remarkably fresh. The palate is juicy, dense and velvety, driven by a terrific core of red fruit, vibrant acidity and firm slate-like tannins that continue to build. Not enormously complex, but exceptionally well made, beautifully balanced and intensely satisfying, with an amazingly long finish. An absolutely terrific wine and an absurd value. — 3 days ago

Turd Ferguson

9.4

Deep dank — a year ago

Stephie Kennemer

9.5

Very bright with hood minerality. Nice notes of apricot, nectarine, and some melon-y notes as well. Floral and nutty with decent acidity. — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Major decant needed. Nose is closed on open.
As it opens some lovely herbal notes.

Palate is clean. Tight. Closed.
As it opens tight cherry. Gorgeous.

Much better on day 2. delicious licorice. Fresh cherry fruit. Nose is blasting. Hand crushed mid season cherries. Spice. Roses. Some chocolate on the finish.

Either wait 5 years or decant 5 hours.

Bought from fass selections. — 6 years ago

James Gourley

8.9

A good wine but not excellent. The texture is just too soft. Needs a stronger acid backbone. Otherwise, the fruit flavors are nicely accented with cut flowers on the nose, and slightly spiced on the palate. — 7 years ago

Alec Jeffery

8.9

Great food wine, live Sicilian wines — 7 years ago

Sam Friedland

8.9

Very pleasant, fruit and mild tannins — 15 days ago

Brian Grech

9.5

Best in the category — 3 months ago

Raul Puga

9.3

Delicious — 2 years ago

with Mariana

Kyle James

9.6

Earthy with notes of tobacco. — 4 years ago

Matt Hisamoto

9.0

By the glass. I think this was it? $20. Orangina up front with a lingering savoriness. — 6 years ago

romo

9.1

oh, hi carricante. — 7 years ago

Hajime Kawasaki

9.3

スッゲー美味しい！スペックに合わせて！ — 8 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.3

2016. Post raucous dinner notes. So delicious. For me, perfect point in the aging arc: still deep, deep fruit but tertiary notes equally prominent. Tannins nearly resolved. Great length and balance (which pains me to say since it’s 15%). — 2 months ago

with Dan

Scott Koles

9.3

Delightful! Acidic. Mineraly. — 3 months ago

Gladys Xiques

9.0

Mineral and earth bounce off one another in this rosso — 3 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.2

From Le Volpe e l’uva, this is not as good an expression of nerella mascalese as what comes out of a place like Passopisciaro, but you can’t beat it for the price. Italy in a glass… — 5 years ago

with Vanessa

Gwen Kasprzycki

9.0

34% Sangiovese, 33% Merlot 33% Syrah. Very nice drinking. — 6 years ago

Z. R.G.

8.9

Cherry, Blackberry, Raisin, Rose, Honey, Ceder — 7 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.6

From Double magnum — 8 years ago