TN: 3 Zin's and a Splurge

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 glbutt 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 glbutt. 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