April 21, 2024 - This was delicious. In a very good place right now. Gorgeous nose. Notes of maturity, but buttressed by snappy fresh acids (typical of 2008). Nice fruit. Enjoyed this in a small 2008 Chevillon horizontal, which featured 3 of his big boys - the LSG, Vaucrains, and Cailles. Those wines were a step up, but the Bouss was no slouch either! And all 4 wines showed a family character that was very appealing. No hurry on these - 5 more years won't change a thing (at least not in any negative direction). But also no shame at all to drink now.
March 18, 2023 - More like a 91.5 but we're splitting hairs. I thought this was a pleasant surprise. The 2008 acidity helped villages like NSG in that they feel livelier. Chevillon is the king of NSG and this bottle was super enjoyable tonight with some duck l'orange and chicken paillard. Nose was welcoming right out of the gate while the wine took 30-45 minutes to unfurl in the decanter. Not life changing but rather excellent for the $90 price I paid.
March 1, 2023 - Nuits-Saint-Georges and Riesling - Q by Peter Chang (Q by Peter Chang - Bethesda, Maryland): Medium expressive nose displaying ripe slightly dry black fruit, blackberry, black cherry, strong sous bois, button mushroom, cinnamon, roasted nuts and earth. Medium concentration, subtle black fruit, cool and lean, strong acidity, earthy mineral, harsh tannins and a medium long black fruit driven finish. Once again, bitter and masculine.
June 17, 2022 - Mature wines (Sindre): Concentrated deep nose of juicy bright fruit, perfume, and some metal shavings. Grippy dry on the palate. Bright red fruit. Strawberries and raspberries.
June 20, 2019 - (at Kanda - Tokyo) A winner. Earthy, deeply fruited and full. Complexity emerging. (92)
May 11, 2019 - Pepper, jern, høstløv litt kjeller, bringebær. Drikker meget pent nå.
December 10, 2018 - Brought to a friends, shared over several hours, no formal notes taken. This was purchased years ago for a song when there was a distributor change. Wish now I had picked up more. This was everything you want in a 10 year old red burg: dark red fruit, forest floor, baking spices, nice mineral backbone, long finish and evolved over the night. Dang nice.
October 14, 2017 - Opened about 45 minutes before dinner and took a quick pour while slow oxing the btl. Semi tanslucent ruby red color with light bricking on rim. The acidity was a bit out front at first and 1st whiffs had some barnyard but it didn't take long for this to clean up and smooth out beautifully in the glass. As this fleshed out dark raspberry, mineral, spice, earth a level of underbrush emerged. Just entering prime drinking and much better than my 1st btl back in Feb 2014. Pretty much classic Chevillon / NSG. I think this vineyard likely tends to show a little less refinement than some plots in the Chevillon portfolio but still is an excellent terroir driven NSG in every way and showing plenty of depth. Terrific tonight with Nita's homemade pizza with the kids and the two grand boys.
December 25, 2016 - 1 juledagsfylla med Bdx: Blind tasted - Everyone was all over the place not even spotting this to a Pinot.
December 19, 2016 - Blind. Dark, not entirely clear. Very much a natural wine/oxidized. Dark/blue berries. High acidity and tannin, good length. Surely a faulty bottle.