Tom Garland

9.8

Vins d'Exception Dinner (LVMH winery portfolio) at the French Laundry:
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Chateau Cheval Blanc with Pierre Clouet
Colgin Cellars with Ann Colgin
Domaine des Lambrays - Jacques Decauges
Chateau d'Yquem with Lorenzo Pasquini
8 course tasting menu from chef Thomas Keller.

WINES:
2021 Le Pitit Cheval Blanc semillon
2006 Chateau Cheval Blanc
2015 Chateau Cheval Blanc
2020 Domaine Des Lambrays puligny montrachet
1999 Domaine Des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays
2020 Domaine Des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays
2005 Colgin Estate cab
2016 Colgin Estate cab
2010 Colgin Estate syrah
2021 Colgin Estate syrah
2013 Chateau D'Yquem
1946 Chateau D'Yquem

FOOD
Japnese hamachi sashimi and cavier
Grilled Scottish Langoustine
Herb roasted Poulard with wild morels
Australian black winter truffle agnolotti
Broken Arrow Ranch Antelope
Snake River Farm beef and Mt Shasta porcini
Gruyere cheese tartlette
California stone fruit medley

At The French Laundry. Napa — a month ago

with Brenda

Skip Smyser

9.2

A very nice Idaho wine🍷Black cherry, currant with pepper hints. Very young but has a bright future. Very approachable. — 3 years ago

Joe Fischer

9.0

The Hat Trick is a blend of Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot. This is a really nice everyday drinking wine and very smooth. Aromas and flavors of black cherry, strawberry, black plum, and spices. If you are in the Boise area, head west to the Snake River valley and visit the winery. They are very friendly and have a patio overlooking the vineyards and Snake River valley. Their Cabernet Franc is Top Notch as well. — 5 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.3

Rich red fruit with great depth and well integrated spicy tannins. — 5 years ago

with Tammy

Corinne Shields

9.4

Surprising berry zing — 6 years ago

David Kline

8.9

Volatile number, with a nuclear mousse; big whipped cocoa pudding top pumping up like a volcanic island. Zero lacing, despite marathon persistence. Herbal jasmine and lavender in chocolate with black pepper scents. Orange peel, Cuba libre, ginger, and Old Spice-allspice. Finesse mouthfeel turns beef Bourgogne iron skillet de glace. There is a soy sauced tofu element, complete with green onion and black mushrooms. Not at all what I imagined, yeasty-malty salty-sluice-y and a real anomaly. This damned hairy ape! Is it even from this planet? — 7 years ago

Joshua Fisher

9.0

And after you listen to 5 to 1….. Put on BLACK SNAKE MOAN — 3 months ago

Patrick Landon

9.0

Not too sweet or too tart! Just right! Smells good. Mead with Black Currant hint of berry finish — a year ago

Byron C Mayes

9.1

Dark garnet with near black core. Cabernet-forward nose of cassis with a bit of green. Palate is full-bodied with medium tannins and juicy medium plus minus acidity, and confirms the nose adding no blackberry and a wee bit more bell pepper (normally a turn-off for me, but in this higher-acid blend, it works). Finish is moderately long and continues the palate. Australia has come a long way with its reds and this is a great example of how. Fruit forward yet food friendly, the Cannonball is an excellent entry into higher end Aussie reds. Drink now through 2028. — 3 years ago

Randy Boesch

9.0

Medium to full body with nice tannins and black currant, spice, light pepper notes. One of our new favorite Snake River Valley wines. — 5 years ago

with Randy

Jim McCusker

9.5

Enjoyed this with a black pepper-encrusted gold-grade Waygu filet mignon from Snake River Farms. Both were amazing! — 6 years ago

with Vanessa

David Kline

9.2

Brown-black with a root beer head, jungle-banyan lacing. Big whiskey barrel whiff on approach, showing vanilla caramel and heaps of coffee after. Stunner. There is a date bread and chocolate pie combo as well as dark nibs and rich ganache informing the malty mocha. Licorice extract, Madagascar vanilla with extract heat, clove and nutmeg energies, darkest caramel bordering on burnt. Raisin-date-fig ground up with brown sugar and exhibiting an almost pine bite. Cinnamon stick dryness to the finish, but still resonating with a resinous danger. This snake bites you and you know it. — 7 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.1

Full bodied and spicy! Blue fruits of black berry and plum, notes of lavender. — 7 years ago

with Tammy

Ted

8.9

Last campfire at the lake for the year. Damn snake swam right by me as I was sitting in this lake. Nice everyday wine. Black cherry. — 9 months ago

with Jeni

Catherine Leith

8.9

Nice fruity mead, very sweet with notes of black cherry, but not my favourite because I was hoping for a stronger honey flavour. Still, it made a fantastic sangria and a good mulled mead. — 3 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.3

A very potent but well balanced 50/50 blend of merlot and cab franc grown from their small estate vineyards facing the snake river. Strong vanilla notes and spice on the back. Rich dark fruit of black cherry and tart blackberry upfront. Opened up significantly more after about an hour. Settling down the wine and became very balanced and rich with secondary notes of leather and cherry drenched cigar box. I did pick up the cab franc typical green notes of agave, peas. — 4 years ago

with Tammy and Chris

Joe Fischer

9.2

This winery was recommended to us by the owner of Vine Wine Shop and Lounge in Boise. My wife and I thought their Cabernet Franc was outstanding. It has black cherry, black plum, raspberry, preserved fruit, and cedar aromas with a great spice note. After doing our tasting, we got a bottle of Cabernet Franc to drink on the outdoor patio with the Snake river down in the valley. Quite impressed with this winery and had a case of their wines shipped home to Houston. — 5 years ago

Jeffrey Long

9.8

Amazing deep dark berry intensity with a stunningly long palate and Sauternes style layered complexity. Like nothing I’ve had before. — 6 years ago

Elizabeth Torgeson

9.5

Choke cherry mead. Such an amazing blend of tart and sweet. — 7 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.1

Purchased on a recent trip to Idaho. Aromas are true to an old world sangiovese. On the palate, it is more of a new world approach to sangiovese vs chianti. Black cherry, and leather flavors that matched with nice smooth tannins. Love to try these local small wineries. This hangs right there with most young chianti. — 7 years ago