Jim McCusker

9.5

Enjoyed this with a black pepper-encrusted gold-grade Waygu filet mignon from Snake River Farms. Both were amazing! — 5 years ago

with Vanessa

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? — 6 years ago

Davenport Edwards

9.2

Mead. Great — 7 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.0

Solera Style Single Malt. Vat 4 3rd venom. Reminiscent of Glenfarclas. — 7 years ago

Alex Talbot

9.1

Really enjoyed the bottle. It was crisp and drier than I expected — 8 years ago

J Koch

8.9

Very sweet! But I guess it is a honey mead! Lots of strong current taste, with a hint of other berries! Would definitely buy again as a dessert wine! — 8 years ago

Collin Howder

9.3

Big dry flavor with very nice, big black cherry vanilla finish. Go go idaho! — 9 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. — 5 years ago

Elizabeth Torgeson

9.5

Choke cherry mead. Such an amazing blend of tart and sweet. — 6 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. — 6 years ago

T. Bouton Beau-Beau

9.0

24% Cab Sauv, 44% Merlot, 32% Malbec. 2016 “Valentina”. A very balanced wine. Some dark cherry and vanilla on the nose with the winemaker’s note of “black tea” holding true. Nice body to it. Subtle tannins with a smooth lingering finish. Hooray Idaho! — 7 years ago

Joe Mar

8.9

Batch #1/288. Strong passion fruit, honeysuckle nose. Sweet, pure palate. — 8 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.2

The flagship wine from Burn Cottage, a Central Otago, New Zealand producer focused on Pinot Noir. Husband and wife owners Dianne & Marquis Sauvage sought out Ted Lemon of Littorai, and SF Chronicle's winemaker of the year for 2010 (Jon Bonné: "The simple version of Ted Lemon's story: Young American goes to Burgundy. Becomes first American to run a Burgundian wine estate. Comes back and stays true to Pinot's motherland."). Lemon oversaw the planting of the vineyards, along with all aspects of vineyard management and winemaking, chief of which being Biodynamic from inception. The label is a derivative of a 1795 fairy tale called “The Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily” which represents the ideal intersection of people and the land reflected in Biodynamics. Black cherry, citrus, and lavender pastille, with some secondary loam and herbs. — 8 years ago

Corinne Shields

9.4

Surprising berry zing — 6 years ago

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. — 6 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.1

Full bodied and spicy! Blue fruits of black berry and plum, notes of lavender. — 6 years ago

with Tammy

Doug Cranmer

9.1

Purple to black color. Leather, slight sweet tar, candied black clove, powerful dark cherry skin undertone. Tannins coiled up like a big snake ready to strike. I will definitely buy this again! — 7 years ago

with Mary

Joe Mar

9.0

Refreshing and complex. Wild flowers, honey, blueberry and lemon oil. Batch # 1/107 — 8 years ago

Collin Howder

9.0

Black, deep, and mineral with a lingering woody finish. — 9 years ago

Steve Martinelli

9.0

This wine is still really young and started opening up after a few hours. Plenty of red and black fruit with some smoky and meaty undertones. Went well with grilled skirt steak. — 9 years ago