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• dream Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 12, 2017 - Had this out of magnum at IB&WS event last night at 11 Madison. Gorgeous nose of dark cherry with a hint of cinnamon spice. On the palate, it shows just a bit of the stewed fruit of the vintage but also plenty of structure and good acidity. The wine is quite fresh with plenty notes of dark cherry fruit. Then it builds to a highly complex, red spice-driven finish with notes of barnyard and minerals. Ready now and simply fantastic for a NSG.

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• chablis28 wrote: 97 points

  April 16, 2014 - This was a total headturner and my WOTN amongst some big hitters like a '95 Haut Brion. This one btl is the poster btl for great Burgundy with significant blt age. It also continues to confirm why Robert Chevillon is one of my top 5 producer in all of Burgundy. This had amazing depth on a lovely evolved silky but fresh frame.

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• jeff nowak wrote:

  August 19, 2010 - basically, the burgs were poster childs for parker's attitude toward them. all three were duds for one reason or another, but this was drinkable. however, it didn't display any real character.

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• Charlie Carnes wrote: 95 points

  July 1, 2008 - Tasted with Scott Roddy, who graciously shared this bottle with me. Wow!, what a wonderful deep red hazy color. Very natural looking. On the nose a very sure mushroom smell. Not strong or in your face, more like walking through the forest and smelling a fresh patch of them just up ahead. Also hints of forest, maybe in Autumn. Nice strawberry and red fruit nose. The taste is rich and elegant. Incredible smoothness and a long finish. A very nuanced wine, I wish I had cases. Man, the Chevillons I have had lately have been very impressive.

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• DChan wrote:

  March 28, 2006 - The mushroom medley in particular was a match made in heaven for the Chevillon, which is clearly in its window of maturity, albeit the early side of that window. Everything about this wine is redolent of forest floor, underbrush, and black soil and marries superbly with those mushrooms, as Burgundy always does. The color is still impressively deep, but on the palate the toughness of the Nuits briar patch has melted away, leaving a suave wine painted partially in primary flavors and partially in secondary ones. This one is clearly from a ripe year, but it is nowhere as muddled as many 1990's; what it may lack in ultimate focus and clarity is more than compensated for by the sheer stylishness of this juice. Lovely, typical Les Cailles from Chevillon; drink from now until 2015 at least.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1990
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Robert Chevillon
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Les Cailles
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Nuits
• Appellation Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

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• In Cellars 32 (42%)
• Consumed 45 (58%)

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