2015 Kistler

[JimHow]

Sitting around Fairbanks now for five days before the trial (supposedly) resumes on Tuesday.
We ordered a very lovely 2015 Kistler pinot noir last night at LaVelle's, youthful, spicy, lively, drinking well now, lovely spicy aromatics.
Very nice.

[JCNorthway]

You are drinking well in Fairbanks. I think that wine would be difficult, in not impossible, to find in Detroit.

[Gerry M.]

Wow! That's a wine I haven't thought of in years. It's kind of reassuring to hear it's performing well. Tough to hear the challenges you're facing to ensure justice for your client. I agree that things are truely f*cked up right now with common sense be damned.

[DavidG]

Lavelles has quite an extensive wine list, 20 pages!
http://www.lavellesbistro.com/0_pdf/EXC ... 0-2020.pdf

Only one Bordeaux on the entire list!?! But it’s 1999 Yquem, and at a very sweet price!

[JimHow]

Wow I missed that, and it looks like its a 750!
Lavelle's is excellent, great dishes, it is busy seven nights a week.
We like Fairbanks. There's a happening little restaurant scene.
Jazz bistros, brew pub restaurants, tasty little pizza, Thai restaurants.
It seems somewhat recession-proof as a state university town, and there is a significant tourist population, many from Asia.
It is an Asian good luck tradition to be conceived under the northern lights.

[Nicklasss]

Nice selection of wones for such a remoted location.

I never had a Kistler, but remember their Chardonnay and Pinot Noir have always been rated positively by the WS magazine.