Wine and Cheese Dining Experience at La Piazza Eataly Flatiron NYC
As I wrote the other day, we dined at Eataly in the NYC Flatiron district during our getaway weekend. We stopped back in again for a simple pleasurable wine and cheese experience. We dined in the La Piazza village center of the always bustling vast site that offers eight different dining experiences, each centered around a different cuisine and food type in an associated village market setting.
We selected the La Piazza for a Taglieri sampling of cheeses and a couple of glasses of wines. Its in the village center surrounded by a cheese bar, olive oils, breads, wines and the fish market setting.
The menu offers cheese plates and charcuterie selections accompanied by a selection of wines by the glass including some aged vintage select wines. We ordered the daily cheese plate - a selection of five cheeses and selected two wines by the glass (WBTG). The cheeses were accompanied by spreads of fig, apricot and honey and nuts with fresh baked bread.
The cheeses:
The wines:
Poggio al Tesoro Meditérra Toscana IGT Syrah Blend 2016
The Syrah profile really shone through as the predominant varietal in the blend of 40% Syrah/Shiraz ,
30% Cabernet Sauvignon,
and 30% Merlot.
Dark inky purple colored, full bodied, concentrated forward structured and robust fruits of blackberry, black raspberry accented by spice and white pepper with herbs, licorice and tobacco notes on a long lingering approachable tannin laced finish.
RM 91 points.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=3298769
https://www.poggioaltesoro.it/en/index.php
@PoggioalTesoro
Winemaker notes for this release: "The results of lengthy ageing, above-all on account of their natural qualities, these robust, well-bodied wines are packed with structure and are well capable of withstanding the test of time. Barolo has an attractive ruby-red colour with garnet highlights which become orange with the passing of time. Its bouquet is clean, full and intense, with the wine's typical traces of withered flowers, dry leaves and underbrush."
Bright ruby colored, medium full bodied, tangy spicy notes of black berry and black cherry fruits. fruits with black truffles, tangy notes of dusty rose, hints of cedar and earth on the lingering finish.
RM 89 points.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=3044382
http://www.fontanafredda.it/site/en/home_en/
As I wrote the other day, we dined at Eataly in the NYC Flatiron district during our getaway weekend. We stopped back in again for a simple pleasurable wine and cheese experience. We dined in the La Piazza village center of the always bustling vast site that offers eight different dining experiences, each centered around a different cuisine and food type in an associated village market setting.
We selected the La Piazza for a Taglieri sampling of cheeses and a couple of glasses of wines. Its in the village center surrounded by a cheese bar, olive oils, breads, wines and the fish market setting.
The menu offers cheese plates and charcuterie selections accompanied by a selection of wines by the glass including some aged vintage select wines. We ordered the daily cheese plate - a selection of five cheeses and selected two wines by the glass (WBTG). The cheeses were accompanied by spreads of fig, apricot and honey and nuts with fresh baked bread.
The cheeses:
Liuzza Riccato Fresca
Gorgonzola Dolce
Taledoigo Dop
Fiore Sardo
Parmigiano Reggiano
The wines:
Poggio al Tesoro Meditérra Toscana IGT Syrah Blend 2016
The Syrah profile really shone through as the predominant varietal in the blend of 40% Syrah/Shiraz ,
30% Cabernet Sauvignon,
and 30% Merlot.Dark inky purple colored, full bodied, concentrated forward structured and robust fruits of blackberry, black raspberry accented by spice and white pepper with herbs, licorice and tobacco notes on a long lingering approachable tannin laced finish.
RM 91 points.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=3298769
https://www.poggioaltesoro.it/en/index.php
@PoggioalTesoro
Fontanafredda Serralunga d' Alba Barolo Nebbiolo 2014
Bright ruby colored, medium full bodied, tangy spicy notes of black berry and black cherry fruits. fruits with black truffles, tangy notes of dusty rose, hints of cedar and earth on the lingering finish.
RM 89 points.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=3044382
http://www.fontanafredda.it/site/en/home_en/
