With the Chagim finally over, I am starting to settle back in to a more normal routine. These last couple of weeks have been interesting for me wine-wise – but those posts are not yet complete – and I try to get the RCC posts out within a day of the event – so here you go….

From a food perspective, it was almost a home run. The Jerusalem artichoke soup was excellent and the goose breast salad was tasty – and Uri continues to up his dessert game with yet another inventive plate borrowed from Eleven Madison Park. The only piece that didn’t come out as planned was the Beef Wellington. Most of the components were truly excellent – the duxelles was perfect and the layers of seasoning and wrappings and puff pastry itself were all on point – but the beef ended up being medium-well instead of my personal preference of medium-rare. That still didn’t REALLY hurt the dish – it was super moist and juicy which is hard for a piece of meat so lean – especially when cooked above medium. So I’m just nitpicking there.

On the wine front, it was more of a mixed bag with one bottle corked and one or two others that didn’t show as well as I would have expected. Still, overall it was a fun night, with most of the wines showing nicely indeed. One overall note – as is often the case when we have an RCC at Uri, with the kitchen being in such close proximity to the dining room and Uri searing the Goose breast during the meal, it was near impossible to get an accurate nose on these wines and I have not included those notes below. [It was a relative small price to pay – that Goose breast was excellent and I’d eat it every day of the week.]