Burgundian Fest at Fish

We decided to drive about an hour from our home to try a restaurant, new to us in Jamestown, Rhode Island called Fish. We went with a friend of ours who really likes Burgundian white wine so we brought along a Chassagne-Montrachet knowing that there would be a corkage fee. Fish is a seafood restaurant so we thought that a nice white wine would go with the food, but we were also aware that some of the dishes may be tomato based so we also brought along a red wine. We began dinner with the 2002 Chassagne-Montrachet Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard paired with a flatbread and it was absolutely spot on. For a wine that is now 10 years old, the flavors were of crisp lemon and I detected just a hint of oak. The other wine that we had with our dinner, their signature dish Jamestown Fish Cookpot and Scrod was a 2002 Kistler Sonoma Coast Pinot noir. I can't claim that I am a fan of the Kistler Chardonnay, but I really enjoyed this Pinot noir with our dinner. It didn't have the Burgundy barnyard nose and tasted of black cherries. Although, Kistler is not a wine from Burgundy, on the Kistler Vineyards Website, there is a quote from Robert Parker that reads: If the Kistler Winery could be magically transported to the middle of Burgundy’s Côte d’Or, it would quickly gain a reputation as glorious as any producer of Burgundy grand crus.
It was interesting to have a 10 year old white and a 10 year old red to see how the vintage was expressed. Our meal was made even more memorable by the courteous waitstaff (Joe in the bar and Marisa out on the patio), we would go to Jamestown Fish again.