Killer wines in terrific drinking form during a delicious mid-week dinner at Hearth NYC.
The 1983 Trimbach CFE SGN was youthful light in color, dry and without the expected sweetness of an SGN, some richness, mineral. Long and tasty. A-
A 2008 Clos Rougeard Saumur-Champigny showed off texture. Simply smooth silk. Elegance, purity and balance. Decanted. A-
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Great combo Ramon. How’s the food at hearth these days? Haven’t been in a few years…
Faryan, I’ve been visiting Hearth, maybe at least once a year since they had opened early in the century, and they haven’t missed a beat. As a matter of fact, my small party of foodie in-laws were all very pleased with foods that we shared, in spite of the high noise level and being quite off with timing.
Great to hear that Hearth is still going strong.
The title makes me think of an opening line of a joke.
A Loire Cab Franc and an Alsace Riesling walk into a bar…