Saturday after a Little Dribblers Basketball game, Alison and I drove to Dallas (TX) for a Valentine's dinner.
We stopped at Cru, A Wine Bar in the West Village and tried the California Zin's flight with a a Cheese flight.
The chesse plate had some Manchego, Parmigiano, and Stilton with green olives, almonds and green and red apple slices, and grapes.
The wines were:
Beaulieu Vineyards, Beauzeaux 01, Napa, CA. A very unimpressive wine. Bland, plain and generally dull.
Ridge Lytton Springs 02, Dry Creek Valley, CA Tart, sour berries.
Brian Benson Cellars, 02, Paso Robles, CA. All I can saw is WOW!. Black cherry, coffee, dark chocolate and nutty with some oak. Very well integrated and an excellent finish.
With there 5 cheese pizza we had a full glass of the Brian Benson.
We had not planned on having dessert, but on the dessert wine list I saw that they had Ch. Y'Quem 1994 for $33 a glass. Rich, thick honey and floral notes. There was something I could not identify though. Sort of a chemical or processed. Very Yummy!
I could not check out the colors, and this place is very dark.
Cheers,
Walter