Creo’ Restaurant, Albany, NY
Tasted Thursday, July 22, 2010 by kenv with 591 views
My regular Albany group met to taste Any White but Chardonnay. As expected, the results were quite mixed.
Andy Plummer did the cooking for us and the food was excellent. Unfortunately, they still can't seem to give us a section by ourselves.
Served with Seared Tuna and a very mild Soy-Wasabi Sauce. Tasty.
Served with Fresh Homemade Mozzarella, Roasted Yellow Tomatoes, Prosciutto, Fresh Basil and Greens. The roasted yellow tomatoes were exquisite.
Served with Sweet Breads with Chanterelle Mushrooms with Caramelized Onions and Foie Gras Butter over Angel Hair pasta. One of the best dishes in recent memory. The group agrees this is great.
Served with Wild Striped Bass finished with a White Cherry Salsa with on an Arugula Salad and a Crispy Potato Pancake. Perhaps too mild after the previous course, but very nice.
Hard to draw any conclusions. Two wines from 1997 and 2003 were totally gone, while a 1985 was wonderfully fresh. Two California wines were clearly at the tops, but some very nice wines from Europe as well.
1997 Domaines Schlumberger Riesling Saering Flawed
France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru
Mild sherry nose. Oxidized. Sour. Gone.
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2000 Trimbach Gewurztraminer 92 Points
France, Alsace
Gorgeous tropical fruit nose. Surprisingly dry in the mouth given how sweet it is in the nose. I think it's Alsatian Pinot Gris. Mike T thinks it's Gewurz. He's right, but it doesn't have any of the lychee/rosewater flavors I'd expect.
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2004 F.X. Pichler Riesling Smaragd Loibner Berg 93 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
Very dry and thick. Lots of tropical fruit in the nose, but more steely in the mouth. Long finish. Tastes like a very good dry Riesling. Did Larry bring a Wiemer Dry Reserve Riesling again?
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