1995 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots
Community Tasting Note
Eric wrote:
Friday, March 7, 2003 - I brought this to Etta's for dinner with Suzi (mini-crabcakes followed by the spice-rubbed salmon & cornbread pudding). On opening it was dark, brooding and tannic unlike almost any Pinot I have ever tasted. A bit of barnyard seems evident. At first it showed loads of tannin and acid, but the fruit was hiding. With time in the glass (NOTE: Etta's has *really* crappy restaurant glasses. Will Tom Douglas restaurants drive me to BYO glasses?) it starts to open up and expand, lengthening on the palate. Finally by the time the salmon entrees arrived we were dealing with pure MAGIC! The acid gets along SOOOO well with the fat of the salmon, the finish showing power and grace. Deep cherry, powerful and intense on the palate yet very smooth.
One troubing sign is that the finish seemed to tighten up by the end of the meal, but I also think that had to do with a clash with the sweet creme brulee dessert. Gorgeous bottle!
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Comment posted by braised:
3/13/2023 9:50:00 PM - Thanks for starting all of this, especially with a burg review.
Comment posted by Eric:
3/13/2023 10:15:00 PM - You are welcome!
It is a bit painful to read a review, 20 years and 10,000 wines later. I was pretty eager and very green. I suspect that Chevillon is ready just about now (and current CT notes confirm that). Oh well!
Comment posted by midolo@gmail.com:
3/17/2023 8:22:00 AM - Wow, first of 10,000,000. Awesome!
Comment posted by Eric:
3/17/2023 8:37:00 AM - Thank you!
Comment posted by pocchia:
3/20/2023 4:31:00 PM - How cool to see the 1st review! Thank you for sharing. Just curious, as time passed and you look back on this review, what are your thoughts on the wine? How much has your palate changed since then?
Comment posted by Eric:
3/20/2023 4:57:00 PM - Looking back, I should have waited 15 years on the wine... 1995 Nuits St. George can be awfully firm. The recent CellarTracker notes sound amazing!
Comment posted by hrazdiiv:
5/2/2023 3:38:00 PM - I had to laugh. Nothing worse than crappy wine glasses.
Comment posted by Robwild:
6/16/2023 4:45:00 PM - Thank you Eric. What an amazing milestone - 10 Million notes later. Thank you for starting this site 28 years ago and its development into the most versatile App for every day wine drinkers and an industry leader. Mazel Tov. Keep up the amazing work!
Comment posted by Eric:
6/16/2023 4:52:00 PM - Many thanks robwild. The best is still yet to come, so much exciting stuff coming down the pipeline from the now greatly expanded team!
Comment posted by RSLyss:
9/11/2023 8:31:00 AM - I remember when you started this project, there was a lot of buzz about it on the wine boards. I'm trying to remember which forum was the go-to in 2003. Was it Parker's? WCWN? A lot of the conversation was for everyone to support the project....I'm happy after 20 years it continues to be a success!
Comment posted by Eric:
9/11/2023 8:51:00 AM - The Squires Board on eRobertParker was the big one at the time. There were numerous others as well.
Comment posted by Juliansi:
11/9/2023 10:31:00 PM - Congratulations and a delightful first ever note... This incredible platform and yourself have come such a long way :-)
All the best from Malaysia...
Comment posted by Enfantterrible:
3/4/2024 5:03:00 AM - One thing among many that I like about this note… I’m a HUGE Chevillon fan. Thanks Eric!