Robert Chevillon - Nuits-St.-Georges Les Vaucrains 2020

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Robert Chevillon Description

Brothers Bertrand and Denis Chevillon are the fifth generation managers of this property in Nuits- Saint-Georges. Their father Robert, for whom the domaine is named, is still active as well. The stunning collection of premier cru and old-vine vineyards held by the two Chevillon brothers would make any Pinot Noir grower jealous. Their innate ability to carefully tend the vines provides ripe, healthy clusters of grapes year after year. Grapes are fully de-stemmed and all wines are age in barrel approximately 16-20 months.

A View from the Cellar: 95 Points

The 2020 les Vaucrains from Domaine Chevillon is another superb wine in the making. It is deep, full and structured, but also quite elegant in profile out of the blocks and will be a stunning wine in due course. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a refined blend of sappy black cherries, cassis, gamebird, dark soil tones, bonfire, balsam bough, nutskin and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full and very soil-driven in personality, with a superb core of fruit, ripe, buried tannins and excellent length and grip on the balanced and very, very promising finish.

Vinous: 93-95 Points

(93-95 points) The 2020 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Vaucrains ler Cru has the most stylish bouquet: beautifully-defined dark cherry, blueberry and sous-boil scents, the finest mineralite (even more than the Les Saint-Georges this year.) The palate is taut and linear, lots of energy and tension with an almost clinical precision towards the saline finish. Sophisticated and tender. Superb. By Neal Martin on November 2021

Burghound: 93-96 Points

Inside Burgundy: 93-95 Points

(93-95 points) An even deep rich purple colour. More open that Les St Georges, in a rich deep plummy character. Sweetness from the oak, an undoubted raft of concentrated dark fruit, the tannins are well behaved and there is great length. Probably a very good prospect.

Wine Advocate: 93-95 Points

Aromas of cassis, woodsmoke, wild berries, loamy soil, orange rind and spices introduce the 2020 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains, a full-bodied, layered and velvety wine that's deep, concentrated and elegantly muscular, with lively acids and rich, powdery structuring tannins. As usual, it's built for the long haul.