Critics Ratings

Robert Chevillon Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Perrières 2005
'As it usually is, this is the most elegant wine to this point and cooler as well with finely detailed red pinot fruit that proffers obvious stone notes that continue onto to the equally detailed and precise flavors that are fresh, balanced and refined on the punchy, vibrant and linear finish. I very much like the style here as it's a wine of finesse and understatement yet with character.’ - Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, 90-92/100 (Apr 2007)

‘Scented, quite lacy texture. Restrained. Thick and tough. Wait!’ - Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17/20 (Jul 2007)

Robert Chevillon Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains 2005
'This is particularly ripe yet the nose is fresh and expressive with its dark raspberry fruit, earth, violet and slightly sauvage notes but the big, robust and amply muscled flavors are brooding to the point of being intensely primary and borderline backward. This is the most structured wine of the range but there is so much extract that the tannins are almost completely buffered, which will permit a long if slow evolution. This is a dramatic effort that isn't quite as classy as the Les St. Georges or Les Cailles but it is likely to be the last wine standing as it were some decades hence. *Sweet Spot, Outstanding*' Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, 91-94/100 (Jan 2007)

'Of all the Chevillon wines, their 2005 Nuits-St.-Georges Les Vaucrains (like their Cailles and Les St.-Georges, from roughly 80-year-old vines) displays the greatest density, stoniest minerality, most piquant nuttiness, and deepest, darkest, blackberry and beet root 'fruit' character. The overall impression is breath-taking in its sheer concentration, yet rather somber and brooding in personality, with an emphasis on piquancy, bitterness and stoniness. Toasted walnut and hickory, cherry pits, black chocolate, stones, and charred meat inform this wine’s powerful, penetrating finish. Were it not for a persistent primary blackberry juiciness and the great refinement of its abundant tannins, this would border on the hyper-concentrated.' - David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate, 94-95/100 (Apr 2007)

Robert Chevillon Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Bousselots 2005
'The 2005 Nuits-St.-Georges Les Bousselots offers aromas of ripe red and black cherry, sassafras and (licorice), a more subdued sense of piquant nuttiness than accrued to the Chaignots, and distinct, roasted meatiness as well. A bright fresh fruit essence on the palate is under-girded by stony minerality and firm but fine tannins. Distinctly bitter herbal shadings and overtly stony, iodine and saline minerality finish the impressively-concentrated long, lean picture. This seems likely to mature more slowly than the Chaignots, but either could be held for at least a decade in that regard, this domaine’s track record is stellar, even in lesser vintages.' - David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate, 91-92/100 (Apr 2007)

Robert Chevillon Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Roncières 2005
'The 2005 Nuits-St.-Georges Les Roncieres offers a fascinating Cabernet Franc-like hint of machine oil along with ripe red cherry, tobacco, cedar, and wood smoke in the nose. Clean, sweet, bright fruit makes for an intense and refreshing palate impression and the finish introduces carnal notes, faint bitterness of herbal concentrate, persistent ripe red fruit with invigorating tart fruit skin notes, and a hint of new wood that Chevillon says is there because this wine was so late to go through malo and to be racked out of its initial one-third new wood and into older barrels.' - David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate, 91-92/100 (Apr 2007)

Robert Chevillon Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Pruliers 2005
'The Chevillons’ 2005 Nuits-St.-Georges Les Pruliers offers high-toned aromas of resin and sage, candied black cherry, and road tar. A sappy intensity on the palate incorporates some of the same resinous, fusil notes along with multi-boned meat stock and rich, positively viscous suggestions of black cherry concentrate. This has more obvious structure than its predecessors, yet also more fat and glycerin. Sleek and refined yet also gripping and mineral-inflected in its long finish, this will keep nicely for well more than a decade and should be left alone for at least 5-7 years.'- David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate, 92-93/100 (Apr 2007)

Robert Chevillon Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Cailles 2005
'As if there were not enough stony minerality in the Pruliers, the 2005 Nuits-St.-Georges Les Cailles lives up to its name, tasting as though its fruit had been macerated on cherry pits and pebbles. Its bitter-sweetness extends to notes of vanilla and chocolate that accent a deep black fruit concentration. Vivid, palpable density and old vines creaminess on the palate lead to a richly fruited but not at all superficially sweet, deeply meaty, and decidedly chalk- and stone-inflected finish of amazing refinement and penetration, indeed of Grand Cru length.' - David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate, 93-94/100 (Apr 2007)

'Still deep ruby. A ripe, fresh and superbly complex and deeply pitched nose reflects earth and spice suffused dark berry fruit and floral aromas. The rich, concentrated and sappy middle weight flavors are blessed with plenty of old vine intensity as well as palate saturating extract, all wrapped in a refined and strikingly long finale. This is an excellent wine that is close to an inflection point where it could be enjoyed now or held for a few more years first. In a word, superb.' - Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, 94/100 (May 2022)

Robert Chevillon Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots 2005
'The Chevillon 2005 Nuits-St.-Georges Les Chaignots boasts a gorgeous aroma of ripe blackberry and red currant with piquant notes of walnut oil, and marrowy meatiness resembling reduced, faintly caramelized pan juices. In the mouth, it displays amazing depth of meat and mineral elements along with persistently tart, juicy and vivid blackberry and red currant. Herbal and fruit pit notes lend a medicinal aspect to the flavors and who wouldn’t want this prescription?! The counterpoint of creaminess of texture with persistent brightness, and of meaty depth with high-toned inner-mouth perfume is striking, and the finish showcasing ultra-fine tannins welds together fruit, meat, and mineral with perfect clarity and seamlessness.' - David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate, 92-93/100 (Apr 2007)

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