2020 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru "Les St-Georges"
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John Gilman
Reviewed November 2021The 2020 les St. Georges from Monsieur Chevillon is another superb wine in the making, sharing the same attributes of broad shoulders, firm tannins, fine soil signature and great purity to its sappy fruit component as is found in the Pruliers and les Cailles this year. The nose jumps from the glass in a refined blend of black cherries, dark berries, chocolate, a touch of eucalyptus, pigeon, beautiful soil tones, woodsmoke and new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and properly reserved out of the blocks, with a rock solid core of pure fruit, great backend mineral undertow, ripe, firm tannins and a long, complex, tangy and chewy finish. This will be a true long distance runner. (Drink between 2036-2100)
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Professional Reviews
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Burghound
There is just enough reduction to blur the nuance of what are clearly ripe aromas trimmed in just enough wood to notice. Otherwise, there is terrific energy to the mineral-driven and precise larger-scaled flavors that are at once sleek and powerful while exhibiting the usual youthful austerity on the gorgeously long, balanced and built-to-age finale. In a word, marvelous. *Burghound Sweet Spot Outstanding!*
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Wine Advocate
The 2020 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Saint-Georges opens in the glass with aromas of dark berries and plums mingled with warm spices, baking chocolate and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, rich and layered, it's gourmand and dramatic, with lively acids and ample reserves of powdery tannin.
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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Vinous
The 2020 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges 1er Cru is ripe and quite opulent on the nose with macerated small black cherries, boysenberry and just a little raspberry confit, becoming more minty with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, sorbet-fresh and delineated, surprisingly linear at the moment where perhaps this wine is beginning to close in for winter. I think that opulence will just calm down and it should evolve into a very fine Les Saint-Georges. (NM)
Notes
94-97pts Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy: "Black purple, the bouquet is very backward, but more importantly not at all cooked. Now the concentrated deep raspberry fruit starts to emerge, red rather than on the blacker side. Very succulent, a grand lush wine that is reserved at the moment, but this should develop into a stunner and may yet move into five star territory. Tasted: December 2021."
Details
| Type | Red Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Origin | Nuits Saint Georges, Burgundy, France |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| SKU | 1595205 |