Don Tommaso's, Yorktown Heights, NY
Tasted Wednesday, February 1, 2012 by Vinomarcus with 834 views
So our monthly clique got together again, this time it was my responsibility to pick the theme and location. I chose to go with Barolo & Barbaresco as a theme and decided to have it at a local bistro, Don Tommaso's here in Yorktown. There were 8 tasters present. The menu included anti-pasti plates, fennel salad, pasta with duck ragu, ossobucco and home made desserts. The food was very good, but the service was lacking, we waited nearly an hour and a half between anti-pasti and the salad. Anyway, the food was a great match to the wines and most of the wines showed pretty well if not very well. All wines were tasted blind.
So the overwhelming consensus was; that these wines are tight, tannic beasts that need to be stored properly and given plenty of cellar time. I really love these wines at their peak, but obviously it's very hard to determine when that will be.
2008 Weingut Robert Weil Kiedricher Gräfenberg Riesling Spätlese 92 Points
Germany, Rheingau
Lance brought this for fun, as they opened it up at the store during the day and really liked it. They got a bunch of "leakers" on closeout and wanted to try, my own experience with German "leakers" has been very good as I've heard many German producers overfill their bottles on a regular basis. I've never had a leaking bottle of German Spatlese or higher that wasn't at least drinkable. This was more than drinkable, it was delightful. Loads of honeyed pear, dried fig and tea leaf notes, the focus wasn't razor sharp, but it wasn't flabby either. I really enjoyed it and will be buying a bunch of these.
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