If there's one thing I like about stagflation, it's the fact that you can call an hour ahead and still get a table at Gramercy Tavern. In my case, I called at 7:30pm, just as I was getting out of work, and managed to get a table for two at 8:30. I'd call that genius. I'd call that freaking brilliant.
Lucky for me, Veritas is right across the street, and Veritas is a nice place to have a drink for an hour. I'm not sure exactly which vineyard it was, but I had a glass of J. Faiveley's 2006 Mercurey ** Amethyst in color, with wonderful tart raspberry and very striking acidity made this a pleasure to drink before dinner. Later, across the street at Gramercy Tavern, we pulled the trigger on a Robert Chevillon Les Pruliers 2004 *** from Nuit St Georges. The Chevillon was medium bodied, ultra dry, nearly velvety, with freeze dried strawberries, brine, asian spices and a mild perfume on the nose. Sage, moss, and complex woodsy notes developed as the wine breathed. The purity of the fruit -- the characterization of the pinot noir varietal -- is what makes this Burgundy striking.
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