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2013 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Chaignots

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92John Gilman

...bouquet is bright and red fruity, offering up a pure and classy blend of cherries, a touch of beetroot, lovely minerality, a dollop of fresh herbs, nutskin and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and tangy, with a good core fine focus and grip, suave tannins and a long, nascently complex and vibrant finish.

88-90The Wine Advocate

...darker fruit on the nose than the village cru: blackberry and raspberry, light sous-bois scents emerging with aeration...palate is medium-bodied with a slightly lactic entry, hints of mocha lining the red berry fruit with quite a forward, sumptuous finish...

REGION

France, Burgundy, Côte d'Or, Côte de Nuits-Villages, Nuits-St.-Georges, Aux Chaignots

Aux Chaignots is a 13-acre Premier Cru vineyard in the Nuits-Saints-Georges appellation, in Burgundy’s Cote-de-Nuits. Because there are no Grand Cru vineyards in Nuits-Saints-Georges, the appellation’s considerable reputation rests on its excellent Premier Crus. Aux Chaignots is in the northern part of the appellation, where the soil is limestone mixed with gravel. Burgundy writer Clive Coates notes that the wines from these northern Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Crus are “rich, full and elegant.”

TYPE

Red Wine, Pinot Noir, 1er (Premier) Cru

This red wine is relatively light and can pair with a wide variety of foods. The grape prefers cooler climates and the wine is most often associated with Burgundy, Champagne and the U.S. west coast. Regional differences make it nearly as fickle as it is flexible.