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Nuits St Georges Les Chaignots Robert Chevillon 2008
HED03923
75 cl
13.5%
£200.00
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Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Les Chaignots 2008 is a Pinot Noir from the northern part of the appellation, near the border with Vosne-Romanée. The soils in Les Chaignots are stony and well-drained, typically producing wines with more floral and elegant profiles than the sturdier southern Nuits crus. This release displays aromas of redcurrant, pomegranate and dried flowers, with a persistent stony minerality.
91 Robert Parker
Tasted assembled from tank, the Chevillon 2008 Nuits-St.-Georges Les Chaignots broadcasts an alluring aroma of sandalwood, iris, red currant, cherry, and a marine mingling of salt spray and alkali. Bright, buoyant, finely-tannic, and lip-smackingly marked by its marine mineral cast, the fruits of this site-typical Nuits take on an aura of distillate as the wine takes on air, and seem to darken and deepen as well as pick up a flattering hint of caramel from barrel when headed into it long, multi-faceted, and invigorating finish. The persistence of floral inner-mouth perfume, too, is arresting. I’ll admit – as readers may have determined by now – that I’m a sucker for this premier cru, and especially for the bright, elegant, mineral, in certain ways white wine-like cast it exhibits from the 2008 vintage, almost regardless of custodian. So if you’re like me, you might wish to imagine my score a point higher! I’m betting that this beauty will reward more than a decade’s cellaring, but I’d want to enjoy some in its youth and middle age, too.
- David Schildknecht
- David Schildknecht
87 Vinous
(malo finished in July; from a blend of 65- and 50-year-old vines) Good red-ruby color. Red fruits and strong spicy oak on the nose. Intense flavors of red fruits, spices, flowers and minerals on the palate, with firm acidity giving this a classically dry impression. This is normally a round, supple wine in this line-up, but this 2008 has finesse and grip.Stephen Tanzer1st March 2010
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