Going Over New Amsterdam's Wall: An Injection of Great Stuff
New York City, New York, US
Tasted March 28, 2012 - April 1, 2012 by cr84 with 745 views
Introduction
A great birthday week-end with great company, wine, and food.
Flight 1 - Heading to the Big Apple (1 note)
Arriving late to NYC, my father and I went to the Veritas, where we had their delicious salad crab and roasted chicken. At 75$ the bottle, the Clos St Jean was a bargain. Regretfully for others, we drunk the last two bottles available.
Red
2008 Clos Saint Jean Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
On the first night, this Clos St Jean Vieilles Vignes 2008 offered a very straightforward ripped fruit. On the second night, although the alcohol showed up, there was more finesse to it. Clos St-Jean did a great job in 2008 and I am looking forward to popping the Deus and Combes in a few years.
Flight 2 - An Awesome Birthday Dinner. (3 notes)
Some of the finest wines of the week-end were obviously served here. We beautifully dinned at the Veritas. The market crudo offered the best clams I have ever had, that is something considering I spent most of my childhood's summers on the Costa Brava, Spain, eating shell fish.
White - Sparkling
2002 Dom Pérignon Champagne
France, Champagne
This Dom Perignon 2002 was very awesome Champagne showing delicates notes of lime and citrus intermixed with an amazingly structured body. Its final was its most interesting part in that it was similar to some great Chardonnays.
97-98
White
2005 Aubert Chardonnay Lauren Estate Vineyard
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
This was a wine I loved for its straightforward greatness. It had a very fat and tasty nose of candied lime and citrus. The mouth was full of mango, pear and caramel.
Red
2003 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Pegau's Reservée always has this particular nose I love. In the 2003, this nose is amplified ten times. This wine had an awesome, traditional structure of quintessential spices, guarrigues.
97-100
Flight 3 - D+1-Day @ The Daniel's. (2 notes)
Wow! What an incredible dinning experience; I was blown away by their constant excellency over each step of this dinner. The wine list was impressive and displayed great values. It must be said that the Ferrand showed extremely well on the SLOW BAKED BLACK SEA BASS WITH SARAWAK PEPPER, Pommes Dauphine, Satur Farm Stuffed Leeks, Syrah Sauce.
White - Sparkling
N.V. Pierre Paillard Champagne Daniel Brut
France, Champagne
This N.V., actually arising from the 2007's harvest, Champagne was a tremendous value. Being sold for 95$ at the Daniel's, it had everything to appeal us. Very printanier, this Champagne had a nose full of green apples without displaying any disturbing acidity. The delicate, fine bubbles were well integrated, although they lost most of their intensity with time. This was a great pick!
Red
1999 Domaine de Ferrand Châteauneuf-du-Pape
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Another great pick from The Daniel's wine list, this 95$ wine couldn't have performed better. Its delicate first nose displayed so much boysenberries, smashed strawberries, and raspberries that I actually was impressed this could come from a 1999. A melting pot of red berries and fruits, its mouth has conserved the vitality of a young Ferrand. While entering in the third nose, I encountered something new, similar to wood but with the provencal touch of guarrigues: I called it 'guarrigue séchée''. Through this impeccable finale appeared touches of lapsang souchong and cinnamon. If this wine had more concentration, it would deserve a perfect score.
Flight 4 - The Last Dinner. (3 notes)
We took an aperitif in our suite with some yummy Serano from Dean & Deluca, SoHo. Back at The Veritas, we had some delicious beef in trilogy followed by the incredible roasted label rouge chicken..
Red
2001 Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
It is always a pleasure to taste a Janasse Vieilles Vignes from a top-vintage. This 2001's nose was an insertion of ginger and pepper into a confit of black berries. The second nose, which lasted way after I put the glass back on the table, starred some additional spices. This wine displayed a profound grenat dress with very fat legs-ironically, the label asserted this as a desert wine-. Its bombastic mouth kicks the tannins out of sensibility to display plenty of velvet, red berries, and anise. Janasse is to me, alongside Clos-St-jean, Chateauneuf-du-Pape's greatest domain.
Closing
Great stuff!
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