Asynchronous memory streaming approach: which of the following?

I am working on solution which uses asynchronous memory streaming and I am thinking about right approach for implementing such. Which one is more convenient? The first, simple:

//First approach: linear async
private async static Task WriteToStreamFirstVariant()
{
    MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
    byte[] data = new byte[256];
    try
    {
        await memoryStream.WriteAsync(data, 0, data.Length);
    }
    catch(Exception exception)
    {
        //Handling exception
    }
    finally
    {
        memoryStream.Dispose();
    }
}

Or the second with nested tasks and closures?

//Second approach: nested tasks async
private async static Task WriteToStreamSecondVariant()
{
    await Task.Run(async () =>
    {
        byte[] data = new byte[256];
        using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
        {
            await memoryStream.WriteAsync(data, 0, data.Length)
                .ContinueWith((Task writingTask) =>
                {
                    //Handling exceptions
                    AggregateException exceptions = writingTask.Exception;
                });
        }
    }); 
}