A rainy day in NY. I wasn’t sure if the dinner would stay on track or get cancelled given the heavy rain. But Jon made it on time and dropped the bottles an hour before the dinner service. Thanks Jon.
2012 Cristal Rose
We both felt like the wine was a bit closed to start with but opened up and hour into the dinner. It was an amazing match with some of the more hearty dishes. The wine had some amount of heft to it but yet was light on its feet.
2013 Cristal Rose
Oh man. An amazingly complex nose. Makes you wonder if you are having a wine that’s 20 years older than its age. Chalky. Great salinity. Lives upto its reputation.
Jon will know better how it compares to previously when he has had 2013 but I thought it was very open. Quite complex for its age. 2012 on the other hand felt closed and wasn’t giving as much.
The '13 was spectacular. With the first whiff, we new this was special. It was so smooth with lots of red fruits, some lemon on the back end, great acidity and a chalkiness that went on forever. Everything was in the right proportion, nothing overdone. This was my 2nd bottle of '12 this year and it did open up after an hour into the dinner, and it was very good, but a step below the '13. It does not get much better than this. I will post some food pics later, but the meal Atera was amazing, again.
Here are a few more pics. I must have left my menu in the Lyft, but I have one from a dinner in December and many of the dishes are the same. Everything was outstanding as you would expect for a **Michelin, but if I had to pick one dish as my favorite it is the Caviar dish. It perfectly combines, salt, acid, smoke, sweet and umami.
Want to do a 2002 vs 04 vs 06.
