Domaine Robert CHEVILLON -- 2013s from Cask and a 2012 from Bottle

Domaine Robert CHEVILLON (Nuits-Saint-Georges)

2013s  from Cask

Bertrand Chevillon said that he began harvesting on October 3 and finished on October 10 or 11. The warm nights during the harvest caused rapid degradation of the health of the grapes, and so, of course, sorting was necessary. Overall, production is down about 30-40% from a normal harvest. As always here, grapes were entirely destemmed. Malolactic fermentations were later than usual.

From one of the most consistent domaines I know in Burgundy, this is an excellent series of wines from start to finish.

2013 Nuits-Saint-Georges   vieilles vignes

The nose here features strawberry fruit that is notable for its purity. The mouth is light, pure, and long with charming red cherry fruit. (89-92)

2013 Nuits-Saint-Georges  1er Cru – Aux Chaignots

The Chaignots has darker fruit in the nose along with some spice and smokiness – the nose marks the wine as from the Vosne slope of Nuits. The mouth is denser than that of the village Nuits with dark, spicy fruit, good structure, and good length. (91-94)

2013 Nuits-Saint-Georges  1er Cru – Aux Bousselots

The nose here is a bit stonier than that of the Chaignots and also shows some minerality. The mouth features blackberries and has good length to go with lightness, airiness, and overall finesse. (91-94)

2013 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru – Les Roncières

The Roncières features dark berry fruit with more density but still retains the finesse of the vintage. The wine has good minerality, acidity, and the structure of the vineyards on the slope south of Nuits, to which our location has now shifted. (91-94)

2013 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru – Les Perrières

The nose here is stonier than that of the Roncières, as is typical, and shows red fruits. The mouth shows mineral strawberry flavors and is light, smooth, and long. (91-94)

2013 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru – Les Pruliers

The Pruliers has minerality in the nose. The mouth is denser and more powerful than the Perrières with dark fruit. The wine still has the finesse of the vintage, though. This is a textbook example of Pruliers. (92-95)

2013 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru – Les Cailles

The Cailles is perfumed and floral in the nose with greater complexity and depth than the previous wines. The mouth shows old vine density and is long with dark fruit and some licorice. (92-96)

2013 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru – Les Saint-Georges

The Les Saint-Georges is more four-square in the nose than the Cailles, but shows enormous depth. The mouth has long dark fruit flavors with some spiciness. The wine has density, depth, and structure. (93-96)

2013 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru – Les Vaucrains

The Vaucrains features as classic, stony, mineral nose. The mouth is dense, pure, and mineral with stoniness and super length. Despite the Vaucrains structure, the finesse of the vintages still comes through. (93-97)

A 2012  from Bottle

2012 Nuits Saint-Georges 1er Cru – Les Vaucrains

The 2012 Vaucrains shows minerality in the nose and mouth with red fruits and more structure than its 2013 counterpart, as is typical when comparing the two vintages. The wine has outstanding length. But as with many 2012s, it seems already to be closing up. 94+/A