Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains

Pop and pour. This really over delivered for the vintage. Very balanced with nice fruit. Great texture and long finish.

2013 vintage

Dekantert. I overkant intens, ikke helt I balanse, brauter seg frem. Før den roer seg ned, og forvandles til en nydelig liten sak. Enda bedre dag 2 etter vakum og vinskap. Dekanter lengre neste gang!

2013 vintage

Very light and very clear. Typical scents, but a little more muted than normal for this producer and vineyard. After all, this is a vintage that's a bit below par. It gains a bit more body with temperature in the glass, but it's an elegant wine more than a food wine. I'd say it's very good, but it's hard to argue for it being really excellent.

2013 vintage

Bold wild berry flavors. Floral. Some herbs. Drinking well now with air.

2013 vintage

Thursday Evening Cantonese (Phoenix Palace) : I thought this - another traditionally-made wine from a cooler vintage - would show similarly to its flight-mate the Bachelet, but actually it was flashier, and quite concentrated for a 2013. Fresh and relatively neutral nose. Lots of fruit on the palate and then a bitter finish. I enjoyed this but it didn't seem to hang together perfectly, as though the Chevillons had overworked the vintage's raw material. Or perhaps it's just 'going through …

2013 vintage

Chinese pot luck (Phoenix Palace) : Medium red with an obvious and rather surprising level of bricking. This bottle is austere, stern and possibly a bit mean. The vintage maybe, but I still recall my first bottle of this being rather better, sublime even. There is something herbal at play here, a bit of stem, it isn’t living up to the silken promise that Chevillon often grants the lucky drinker. It is nonetheless rather a nice wine with a lot …

2013 vintage

This is one of the bottles we drank too quickly... Needs a lot of time, then develops nice blackberry and raspberry jam aromas in addition to the mushroom and forest floor. Perfectly balanced on the palate, with some attractive fruit, even some sweetness. Give it at least 2 hours I'm excited to see how my other bottle will develop!

2013 vintage

In Sous-Commanderie de Massachusetts Confrerie Tasting. Flight 3, Nuits-St. Georges, 2002 Gouges Les St. Georges and Vaucrains; 2002 Chevillon Les St. Georges and Vaucrains; 2005 and 2013 Chevillon Vaucrains. Just great, very Chevillon attractive nose and excellent depth, classy Vaucrains minerals and sauvage fruit. Really a great wine from an unheralded year. Drinking very well now but will keep. Have only had a few times but my second place wine in this flight next to the **magic** 2002 Chevillon Les …

2013 vintage

Translucent ruby. Nose of black cherry and dark plum fruit, fennel, dirt, and dark violets. With 90 minutes of air, layers of black raspberry, sinuous streaks of iron, earth, and crags on the palate, with a strikingly persistent elegant touch. Brisk acidity and prominent tannins. Longer finish of red and black berry fruit cut with rocky iron-laden soil. Should not be this delicious in its awkward adolescence, but it is.

2013 vintage

Pours black but the palate says “red cherry”. With airtime to open, there is juicy vibrant red fruit (this is a 13’?) backed by tooth-gripping tannins. 13.5% Alc. Rustic? Yeah, a bit. Tasty? Also yeah, and years of development still in the tank. Once again, Chevillon NSG Cailles makes a delicious case for itself in the glass.

2013 vintage

PNP. 1 hour of air. Floral cherry nose, very pretty. Lithe palate, delicate extraction with some late arriving structure and a long finish.

2013 vintage

Found myself with a distinct hankering for classic Burgundy after all the Spatburgunder/Pinot Noir on the recent trip. Curiously, Chevillon often feels like the anti-Gouges to me in profile despite their winemaking approaches sharing many similarities - full destemming, cold maceration and long soaks, and restrained new oak use (20-30% generally). Yet somehow they produce wines with a much more aromatic and floral profile, light and cool palates and much less of the ferocious tannin of the Gouges style. This …

2013 vintage

Power and finesse. Charming and strong.

2013 vintage

Mittwoch Quickie; 6/19/2024-6/20/2024 (Mørkved) : The wine is red with some browning towards the rim. The nose features aromas of steel, metal, tart berry fruit, hints of medicinal cabinet, sweet licorice, and a touch of almond/marzipan. The wine is slender and tastes red berry fruit, and black pepper, and has hints of olives.

2013 vintage

Monthly Tasting Group: Burgundy (COV, Edina, MN) : Small taste. Pretty red fruits, juicy, good acid, bright, good spices, medium full bodied. Looking good.

2013 vintage

À point. Il reste des arômes de cassis et beaucoup d’arômes tertiaires de mousse, champignons. Équilibré. Fin. À boire.

2013 vintage

A solid bottle of burgundy, elegant, balanced, but lacking any big excitement for me. Seems pretty well resolved, maybe a little better with more age but it seems like it's drinking pretty well right now.

2013 vintage

Spectacular wine in its prime drinking window. Great depth and black fruit. Sauvage and a bit of funk when opened that yielded to a forest floor, dark berries with great length. Amazing effort in an average year.

2013 vintage

Pretty ruby red color. Some beginning signs of development. On the nose, this is pretty and complex. Dark red and wild berry fruits. A touch of premium oak still present. Spice. Some dried flowers. On the palate, this is elegent with rich red and black cherry fruit, and spice. Lifting acidity. Dry tannin and extract on the mid palate with a core drying minerality on a still tannic finish. The tannin is ripe and very drinkable right now, but this …

2013 vintage

A delicate, clear light red with some browning to the edges. Looks older than it is was my first (worried) thought, but the wine is fine. The nose is unexpressive really, certainly versus the last bottle, but the palate is immediately more detailed, with silky sweet cherry, tart cranberry, sous bois, and some brine. There are still some persistent tannins here that give the wine a nice lick at the end. Went very well with the Christmas lunch, a good …

2013 vintage

I thought this was very good if not fully resolved or expressive, it showed it's class with proper definition and depth. tannins were still fairly prominent although fine boned. i didn't find any green notes, and the fruit was pretty reddish black even if it wasn't super bright. like most 13s right now, at a good stage and was disappointed when the bottle was finished.

2013 vintage

Light and limpid on the eye. At first I suspected it of being corked, but I later classified this as a vegetal note. Mostly since the fruit is not affected at all in the way a corked wine always loses fruit even when the wet cardboard etc of cork taint is not detectable. In the mouth it's elegant with good persistence all the way. With time in the glass, the wild strawberries make their presence felt. An excellent wine, when …

2013 vintage

Took hours in the decanter to come together and fully integrate. Once it did - beautiful nose of berries, plums, raspberries, toasted or burnt wood, soil and minerals. Round and weighty, med+ body with med finish. This needs more time for sure. +3-7 years and a long decant.

2013 vintage

Vertical/Horizontal Tasting of Chevillon Nuits St. Georges Premier Crus (San Francisco) : Light ruby core. Fragrant deep dark berry aromas. Medium weight and it gains body as it goes. Upfront blueberry but then dominated by soil and green notes. Substantial acidity, frankly tart finish. Not ready but I just don't like the balance here.

2013 vintage

Vertical/Horizontal Tasting of Chevillon Nuits St. Georges Premier Crus (San Francisco) : Garnet with fading rim. Floral and green tones. Lovely medium weight with good mix of herbs, earth, and dark fruit on the attack, but it falls off significantly through the mid-palate and finishes dry and austere.

2013 vintage

A medium red, slightly translucent. Decanted. Very aromatic, cherry, cranberry, fallen leaves, mushrooms. But it is on the palate that this really shines, it is magnificently smooth, silken and precise, a weightless elegance about it, with the fruit and acidity in perfect harmony. For me this is the very essence of pinot noir and when I find a bottle that behaves like this it is a very good day indeed. Absolutely splendid.

2013 vintage

Drinking beautifully now like most 2013. Great balance with superb acidity.

2013 vintage

Domaine Chevillon NSG Les Cailles 2013. 13 begynner å synge skikkelig nå, og denne er intet unntak. Chevillons sedvanlige jordlighet er tilstede, men du kan plusse på en vakker parfyme, spice og ren og lysende rødfrukt. Fokusert slank munnfølelse med pen dybde. Synes årgangen kler Chevillon godt. God konsentrasjon og herlig syrespill. Bra balansert. Dette drikker fabelaktig nå, uten noe hast. Burde selvfølgelig kjøpt mye mer den gangen. Lang fast finish med svært pene tanniner. 93p

2013 vintage

Enjoyable bottle of Les Cailles. Standard Chevillon NSG from a forgotten vintage. Ready to go with fruit still present and no tannins to speak of. My only gripe is that I'm hard pressed to see this vineyard of being any more substantial than the lesser tier Chevillon bottlings. I honestly enjoyed a Chaignots from 2013 more than this bottle. Solid but I don't believe its worth the premium pricing.

2013 vintage

Incredible nose of cherries and spice. Very Vosne I kept thinking to myself. Tannins resolved but needs a decanter and air as it opened up in the next 45 minutes. If this is indicative of the 2013 vintage, it felt slightly a bit thin but overall, this was a resounding success and speaks volumes about Chevillon as a producer. This was really impressive especially for the $80 I paid.

2013 vintage

After a bit of aeration, beautiful earhty, gamey nose with spices, dried meat. The palate is lovely too, medium bodied, fresh, good stuffing for a 2013, tannins still young. I had this side to side to the Les Cailles. It confirms that the Les Cailles can be approached at age 10 but the more structured Vaucrains needs more like 15 years. This is no different. I would not open this bottle before 2028. 93-94

2013 vintage

Very smooth and soft dark cherry and oak spice.

2013 vintage

Decanted 6 hrs. This Chevillion nose was a bit like the Little Engine That Could. Not much out of the gate initially, this slowly but steadily, kept growing and gaining aromatic velocity, finally reaching a bouquet that was primarily savory, roasted meat juices and the like, with a little bit of back end florals. Being a Vaucrains (my first) I know the rep for this PC is one of the more structured of the NSG 1er�s, but I found this …

2013 vintage

PNP. Pretty nose of cherry and a little spice, no typical vaucrains funk. Lean palate, closed and clenched, with a light weight fruit profile.

2013 vintage

2 of 5 As noted by others this wine is remarkably approachable at 9 years old. Clearly you can wait another 5 or so years and it will likely improve but it scratched my itch to have a red burgundy to a byob @Wus dominated by bubbles.

2013 vintage

Decanted for a coupe of hours. Pretty aromas of boysenberry, black cherry, minerals and an oak char element. Light weight, subtle and fine-grained, with cherry, saline and chalky flavors coming across as refined and silky. Perfect extraction not heavy or too thin. Finish is gripping and long. Great for the vintage, not sure how long lived this will be.

2013 vintage

exquisite. paired nicely with french charcuterie

2013 vintage

1 of 5 PnP @ Wus This was a far lighter, prettier, red fruited expression of this vineyard. Easy to drink and very approachable... Not built for the long haul but a wonderful version to drink while my 1996/1999/2005/2010s sleep

2013 vintage

Evolving nicely.

2013 vintage

A gorgeous nose of red fruits, Asian spice and root vegetables. It is fine and lacy in the mouth, only mid-weight but nicely detailed. It finishes with precision and has good savoury nuance.

2013 vintage

I bought one of these to further explore 2013. Should have grabbed 3 and will if I find at a reasonable cost in the future. Is 2013 the second coming of 2001 for red Burgs? Might be! PnP and slow ox in Burg glasses for 2 hours prior to dinner. This is why I love Chevillon and what they accomplish in NSG with a terrific array for sites and old vines. Semi translucent ruby red color. Floral, berries and sous …

2013 vintage

Sans note. 91-92

2013 vintage

Nice fruit and balance, but lacking the complexity and depth expected from a 1er cru Nuits St. Georges.

2013 vintage

Really nice again... this seems to be in its stride for drinking (perhaps not surprising -- even if young -- given the '13 vintage)... but looks like easily with last 10-12 years (and probably improve)

2013 vintage

Like most Chevillons this is a solid NSG. Nice color and cherry notes on the nose. Well balanced with decent volume in mouth, but nothing notable on finish. Should add character with time.

2013 vintage

Another terrific Chev 1er Cru.

2013 vintage

Balanced acadity, rich cooked cherries and an undercurrent of spice. Delicious wine drinking very well in April 2020.

2013 vintage

Absolut love this wine. Very classic burgundy and very typical NSG. A dark fruity nose with some earth and dusty notes. Full and rich pinot noir fruit on the palate and a fine acidity grip to keep everything together. Long finish with dark ripe cherry, hints of tobacco and cedar. Will most likely develop further for a decade, but also quite irresistible now. 94-95P

2013 vintage

Utrolig god nese av m�rk frukt av nydelig kvalitet. Animalsk og tiltalende, nesten uimotst�elig. Vill og r�! Mer lukket i munn, frukten forblir tilbakeholden og kompakt. Relativt slank. T�rr og svakt fatpreget medium pluss lang finish. God n�, men vil ha godt av noen �r til p� langs.

2013 vintage

Dark cherry, plums and damsons on the nose, spicy with some wood. Satin like texture, very primary, lots of tangy cherries and plums. Some nice complexity there too, this should evolve well. Look forward to the rest of these.

2013 vintage

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