2020 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru "Les Pruliers"
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John Gilman
Reviewed November 2021After tasting the quite powerfully-built 2020 Perrières, I was expecting an even bigger bruiser in the 2020 Pruliers, but this wine is actually quite svelte in personality out of cask and is really a beautiful wine in the making. The excellent aromatic constellation reveals scents of sappy dark berries and black cherries, raw cocoa, spit-roasted venison, a lovely base of dark soil tones, a nice touch of new oak and plenty of upper register smokiness. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and sappy at the core, with lovely focus and backend mineral drive, ripe, seamless tannins and a very long, complex and impeccably balanced finish. Great juice. (Drink between 2035-2085)
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Professional Reviews
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Wine Advocate
The 2020 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Pruliers is showing especially well, soaring from the glass with notes of raspberries, cherries, sweet spices, raw cocoa and orange rind. Medium to full-bodied, bright and vibrant, with lively acids and a deep core of concentrated fruit, it's framed by ripe, powdery tannins and concludes with a long, penetrating finish.
The 2020 vintage has turned out very well indeed at Domaine Robert Chevillon. With finished alcohols around 13.7% to 13.9%, these are deep and powerful wines that remain nicely balanced, and they're built to age. Indeed, in their vibrant, concentrated style, they remind me somewhat of the domaine's 2016s, something one wouldn't have thought possible on paper. The bad news is that yields were down, the Chevillon brothers having lost the equivalent of one entire harvest over the course of the 2019, 2020 and 2021 vintages. As I've written before, this is one of my favorite addresses in all of Burgundy. Old vines, cultivated soils, moderate yields and long fermentations with entirely destemmed grapes are the order of the day at this address, with the Nuits-Saint-Georges Vieilles Vignes seeing some 20% new oak and the premiers crus 30%. Nuits' Tonnellerie Sirugue is the dominant supplier of barrels. (WK)
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Burghound
A markedly sauvage-inflected nose is comprised by notes of newly turned earth, red and black currant and a whiff of underbrush. The intense and detailed big-bodied flavors exude a subtle salinity on the complex, serious and moderately austere finish that is shaped by palate coating tannins. I would recommend not touching a bottle of this for at least 10 years as it's very much built-to-age. *Burghound Outstanding!*
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Vinous
The 2020 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Pruliers 1er Cru showed just a little sur-maturité on the nose with faint touches of prune inflecting the black cherry/cassis fruit. The palate is medium-bodied and shows a little more control and elegance than the nose, nicely poised with a slightly grainy-textured finish. Moderate length. (NM)
Notes
91-94pts Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy: "Just as dark in colour but there is more life in the nose, dark fruits but still more in the red register than black. Just spent a mite longer in the oven than is ideal. Ripe bright cheerful cherry notes and a long aftertaste. Enough juice here for this to work. Tasted: December 2021."
Details
| Type | Red Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Origin | Nuits Saint Georges, Burgundy, France |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| SKU | 1595202 |