Different appearance of Nikon D600 RAW in Aperture 3.4.5 vs Nikon View NX2

Hi all, here's a question/statement of an issue with Aperture 3.4.5 processing of Nikon D600 RAW images, appears the same with both Raw Camera 4.08 and 4.07 support versions.
I'm stating that something is incorrect in Aperture's Calibration of Nikon D600 Raw images, it's not a preview or color profile issue. Exporting the original unprocessed Raw image from Aperture and ViewNX2 clearly look different. Pictures to be provided below.
The issue is present in Saturated, or close to washed out, regions of the original image. The JPEG preview looks the same as the image in Nikon ViewNX2 but as soon as Aperture has generated its own preview the image looks quite different, and, in my humble opinion, outright incorrect. My closest guess is some sort of issue in the curves handling pixel values in the extended range. The pictures below was original taken in 14-bits per component, I shall try out how 12-bits work out.
At this point I'm not able to figure out any adjustment or fine tuning of the image to make it look like the original as seen in JPEG preview and Nikon ViewNX2.
The image below is a JPEG exported from Nikon ViewNX2, no adjustments were made. The image looks just like the JPEG preview within the original RAW image. Note the graceful transition from red-ish to yellow and fully saturaded (white) sun.
Now compare the image above with the one below, which is the same image but first imported to Aperture, then exported as JPEG without any modifications. There is clearly some weird banding occurring and there is no longer a graceful blend into the fully saturated sun.
I'm not really able to explain this in any other way than really high values, possibly in the extended sRGB range, is not handled correctly, which should be the way Nikon ViewNX2 deals with it. To the best of my knowledge, no automatic adjustments have been made in Aperture.
Hope someone has a tip to repair this or that there's a fix for it somewhere.
I can provide original Raw and/or higher resolution versions upon request.
Thanks / Patric

Thanks :-)
I've seen some posts and discussions about Raw Processing and that all software naturally do some things different. Nikon and Canon will have the Ace on their hands as they know what the cameras really do. Although the NEF (Nikon Raw) format is proprietary I expect Apple, and Adobe, do have agreements to give them some SDK or specs so they can read it.
That said, the artefact shown seems more incorrect than a different flavor. The banding cannot be resolved with any traditional adjustments. So, I'd be happy if anyone could
a) Provide some tips on how to work with Curves or some other Adjustment to resolve this.
b) Confirm they also have similar problems and if they managed to resolve it.
c) Some Apple support tech could pick this up and follow-up internally.
best regards

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