Bright, sappy red fruit, earthy with warm spices. Flavors are well delineated. A fair amount of fine tannins present. Still a bit youngish, needs a few more years.
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Drank with entrees at La Piquette in D.C. with friends - the pairing of the '09 Chevillon Cailles with La Piquette's veal chop was darn near perfect. This bottle seemed perhaps slight bigger/broader than recent bottles, but was drinking beautifully. I've been trying to decide whether it's time to open the first of my case of '09 Chevillon Vaucrains, perhaps side by side with the Cailles.
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Burgundy Tasting (Restaurant Schweizer's, Stuttgart): Glass: Spiegelau Burgundy Clear, deep garnet color. Fine, elegant, deep and smoky nose. On the palate fine tannin, medium+ ripe acidity. Beautiful blood/iron notes, salt mineral notes mixed with a dense sweet fruit. Very nice texture and balance. Good length. 92-93
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Vertical/Horizontal Tasting of Chevillon Nuits St. Georges Premier Crus (San Francisco): Ruby center. Ripe sweet berry fruit. Excellent amplitude and sap. Deep fruit mixed with anise and salinity. Very good buttressing acidity and round tannins, nicely layered texture, fine finish. Excellent potential and quite clearly the best of the 4 vintages of this cru.
When tasted the next day, even deeper darker register fruit, ground coffee, and more tannic. Better than I found it the first day.
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The 2009 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Cailles is currently showing well, and appears to be in its prime drinking window. The wine displays a rather dark color with a lot of energy. On the nose, there is a rich concentration of dark berry fruit along with a subtle note of wood floor. The palate is intense, with very fine tannins that add to the wine's overall complexity, and a seemingly endless finish.
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Opened 45 minutes before tasting. Medium dark red with no lightening at the rim. Intense nose of Pinot fruit but perhaps less NSG typical. This improved and developed even more intensity with air though the tannins are buried in the fruit. More 2009 than NSG. Will age for another decade but not sure will get better. Excellent.
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A beautiful wine that’s full of youthful energy. Really by color with a nose full of ripe cherries and crushed stones. A hint of menthol? The palate has a bit of effervescents. Needs to settle down before hitting the drinking window. I have eleven more and will wait until 2025 to try the next one. (91++)
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Incredible wine, drinking very well at the moment. Cool, graphite note initially and then exploding with amazing complex fruits and sous bois. Mouthfeel is ethereal, with extraordinary breadth and length. Proper 1er cru density, just stunning.
Slight warning, some roasted notes appeared on day 2, which give me caution about aging this too long. I will wait another 2-3 years for my last bottle but not much longer than that.
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Utviklet rødbrunlig farge med murstensfarget kant. Fabelaktig god lukt! Modne jordbær og bringebær, høstløv, fuktig skogbunn og nygjødslet jorde. Røyktoner dukker opp etterhvert, et snev av kompost og etter et par timer finner vi også mørk karamell! Godt utviklet med andre ord, og så langt konsistent med forrige flaske drukket for to år siden. Helt nydelig smak også - pent utviklet, finstemt og harmonisk, godt modent bærpreg med veldig god konsentrasjon og fin fruktsødme med preg av jordbær og godt modne moreller, behagelige varme og ‘spicy’ toner. Tydelige men finkornete tanniner og behagelig syrestruktur som fra modne røde jordbær og kirsebær. Det er en veldig flott balanse mellom bærpreg, fruktsødme, garvestoff og syre! Imponerende lang smakskurve med varme toner av balsamico og godt modne bringebær og jordbær. En kompleks, smaksrik og godt moden burgund. Jeg tenker denne er på topp nå og ikke vil bli særlig mye bedre.
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This wine pours light ruby in the glass with light bricking at the rim. The nose on this is insane. It is immediately expressive from the bottle and gains complexity and power with air. The nose is of dark cherry, pomegranite, petrichor, fresh mushroom, dried orange peel, animal fur, flowering thyme, cardamom, dark chocolate, and sweet cedar. By the end of the bottle notes of nori and ginger emerge to show more of the Burgundy complexity that will come with further bottle age. The palate has lovely texture, though is still structured with medium tannin and medium acid, turning to the lovely cherry flesh to cherry pit notes on the finish. The finish is very long, lingering for minutes on end. Super impressive stuff that exceeds expectations, yet could improve with more age. This really speaks to Nuits Saint Georges with this deep earthy complexity, but also is simply great Burgundy.
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Popped'n poured and a perfect accompaniment to a delicious duck confit at Cafe Colline in Arlington, VA. Still youthful, but drinking beautifully with that wonderful '09 vintage fruit. Count me as both a huge fan of '09 and Chevillon!
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Transparent medium garnet. Intense aromas of cherry, plums, spices, leather, earth, smoke. Wine is full bodied with fresh acidity. Great structure and intensity. At the beginning of drinking window, but already beautiful.
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Funky and Brett filled nose. The palate is fairly ripe, rich and extracted. Texture is thick and soupy like a Vogue wine. Probably picked too late in a warm vintage, not impressed.
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Decanted just before dinner at La Piquette in DC on Bastille Day. Still young, but hitting its early drinking window - lovely nose, dark red fruits, classic enough to pair beautifully with coq au vin, but enough spice for a Moroccan couscous and lamb dish.
Very good, with likely underscoring just because of the definite upside to come.
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Godt utviklet duft med søtlige komposstoner, høstløv, våt skogbunn og modne kirsebær/moreller, og et overraskende hint av blyantspiss som lurte noen et øyeblikk over mot Bordeaux. Overraskende langtkommet på smak, ganske rustikk, masse rød og moden frukt, ‘juicy’. Godt balansert med middels intens syre og tannin. Lang, harmonisk og sødmefull smakskurve. Om denne er representativ er det "bør drikkes innen kort tid"
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Decanted about an hour before Easter dinner, but this was rocking from the get-go. Much more approachable than the first bottle of the case - bright red fruit, velvety texture, and a nose that was perhaps even better than the taste. At some point, it will be great fun to compare some of the '09s and '10s from the same producer and vineyard.
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Opened a couple hours prior to dinner, took a pour and found it very open for business so merely slow oxed the rest in glass & btl. Semi translucent medium red color with some bricking. Knockout aromas of; sous bois, red fruit, and mineral bursts from the glass. A vibrant lifted palate delivers; raspberry, mineral, mushroom, earth, licorice and spice. Just entering its prime drinking window this is already very complex, finessed and elegant. Every time I open Chevillon I find myself pledging to own more. Alc 13.5% but feels, smells and taste more like 12%. Great tonight with beef stir fry and a fun btl to share on my 64th Bday.
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First bottle of a case. Some browning at the rim, but drinking very much younger than it looked. Triple decanted (double-decanted at home and then again at La Piquette, my favorite French bistro in DC). Still big, and rather tight, but finally started to open an hour or so into the meal. This has a long life and considerable upside ahead. I'll try to hold off another year or two before the next bottle.
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Dull ruby with early browning at the rim. Opens with funk and smokiness, but this brett signature did not increase with air. What did come up was plum and blackberry, a bit of green, brown spice, and chocolate. This fleshed out nicely and turned out to be quite chewy and dense for Les Cailles but neither too ripe nor too sweet given the vintage, and the acidity was excellent. Rather strapping young Nuits with a good deal of further upside potential.
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Blind tasting for my guests. Smoke, old dry jam, jamy red berries, in the core of a strong structure of acidity and old bloody orange juice. No tannins here but vivacity and power of a marure wine in hot vintage. Fantastic, overtake easely a roast cheep with creamy greens beens. Soon his twin, the Vaucrains, will be evaluated.
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Dinner at Margeaux Brasserie (Chicago, IL): First off, I will say that the more 2009 red burgundies I have, the more I realize that I really enjoy them. This wine in particular shows a generosity of fruit that I love. It's red and quite pretty. There's a fair bit of dirt and barnyard on the nose that's just slightly over the top for me, and perhaps made a bit more unpleasant by a touch of stinky reduction. The palate is cleaner than the nose, but there's a slight candied quality here, but the fruit profile is certainly very enjoyable. Oddly enough, it thins out a little towards the midpalate and finish, too. Not sure what to make of this wine -- these days, I have this seed in my brain that Chevillon isn't all of what it's cracked up to be. I'll have to poke at a few more and see.
Rosso rubino con unghia granato, naso sporco all'inizio, ha bisogno di aria per svegliarsi... versione ancora molto giovane, frutta blu, spezie e mineralità al naso, bocca fresca, fruttata e piacevolmente lunga. Ha un buon futuro davanti, può migliorare di qualità.
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Opened just before the dinner , at the beginning very close with animal fur nose , after two hours of air it started to send the red fruits , spice , mineral , on the palate round and savory , nice to drink with food and also alone. Quite a long finish
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This was a little funky cold medina at first, then it blows off into a young, but delicious Cailles. Reddish sweet fruit, spice, dusty mineral perception. Yummy. Probably give it some more time unless you have a bunch of bottles.
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The second experience with this wine imported by Premier Cru, this bottle gives a significantly less offensive showing than the previous one. This bottle gives a good showing; however, aromatics of sweaty horse saddle, roasted meats and barnyard detract from the overall impression. At this stage the wine shows some maturing elements and the bouquet is dominated by roasted meat, earth, leather, barnyard and some spice notes with the youthful fruit relegated to the background. The medium bodied palate is firm and gives a lengthy finish with very good overall balance marked by earth, leather and saddle notes.
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Our first red on Burgundy Sunday Sipping 'n Snacking at home. Light, bright red on the eye. Still barely legal. We let her breath for 2 hours before partaking. Aromas of dark, smoky red fruit, leather and liquorice. Medium bodied, sickly salacious, powerful, ripe and concentrated fruit. We did her a slight disservice unveiling her at this dance, but her dainty confidence ensured she did not disappoint. Dahlin', we will see you in another 10 years or so...luvly
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I think I've finally had a Burg I liked....open pretty much from the get go and very pretty and open with licorice and some sweeter strawberry...very pretty
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The ridiculous baby diaper and hints of band-aid, blew off after about an hour to reveal a really crappy Burgundy. Hideous. 2 out of 3 have been flawed.
Young (Of course), but quite open and actually showing very good complexity at the moment. Very delicious with lots of everything, in perfect balance. Very nice! Spice, blue, black fruits, tons of earth,and ohh so long. Full on yet very feminine and delicate.
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My second bottle that had a wet cork. Upon opening the wine had distinctively mature color (light garnet with brick rim) and aromas (a bit bretty, earthy). I kept it one night vacuumed in the fridge. The next day the wine was better and tasted like a fully mature burgundy, still earthy in style but now with crisp acidity and enough red fruit present to balance its earthy side. Nice and complex. Still not sure this bottle is fully representative.
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Another offender in a string of brett influenced 2009 Chevillon "Les Cailles". This bottle, unlike others, was undrinkable with the brett elements becoming more dominant with airing. Imported by Premier Cru.
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Opened and poured, this bottle gave a better showing than three previously tasted bottles; however, it also displays some degree of brett that renders this wine disappointing. Imported by Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant.
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This started strongly poopy and bretty. No bottle funk here, the solid flaw stayed with the wine for two more days as I checked in on it often. Down the drain.
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This is flat out amazing! Also, man I just think you cannot do much better than Chevillon in ripe/big years. The wine leans barely to the purple side in color, but still has the Cailles red traits that I so love where it counts, albeit dialed down a little. The best part of this wine is the mouthfeel and the delicious swallow. I know, the wine is only three and shows its young age, but if you have a few of these give one a whirl. Reminds me some of the Kutch McDougal Ranch 2009... go figure.
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This wine has been tasted on two occasions and from three bottles. First tasted on 2/17/12, the wine was consumed with dinner allowing a couple of hours to evaluate the wine. More recently, this was tasted as part of an afternoon tasting (the wine was tasted from two bottles). Aromatically, this wine shows a funky element (most likely brett) that fails to dissipate over time. The first experience with this wine showed a bottle that with extended airing hinted at its potential but failed to give satisfactory development. More recently, the wine (tasted from two bottles) confirmed the initial impression. Hopefully this wine can overcome the off-putting (to some) elements and give a more harmonious showing.
A little funk on the nose, with some sweat and copious black fruits. Big palate with dark fruit flavors and a nice balancing structure. Medium finish where you pick up some oak tannin. Very "classic" for a 2009 and will be great if the funk does not continue to develop and bloom.
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1/27/2024 - mattyboy_ Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bright, sappy red fruit, earthy with warm spices. Flavors are well delineated. A fair amount of fine tannins present. Still a bit youngish, needs a few more years.
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11/26/2023 - bobvictor Likes this wine: 93 Points
Superb price to value. Ruby red, muted on the nose but terrific dark red cherry taste with a long finish.
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7/14/2023 - DCHawkeye wrote: 95 Points
Drank with entrees at La Piquette in D.C. with friends - the pairing of the '09 Chevillon Cailles with La Piquette's veal chop was darn near perfect. This bottle seemed perhaps slight bigger/broader than recent bottles, but was drinking beautifully. I've been trying to decide whether it's time to open the first of my case of '09 Chevillon Vaucrains, perhaps side by side with the Cailles.
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6/23/2023 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 92 Points
Burgundy Tasting (Restaurant Schweizer's, Stuttgart): Glass: Spiegelau Burgundy
Clear, deep garnet color. Fine, elegant, deep and smoky nose. On the palate fine tannin, medium+ ripe acidity. Beautiful blood/iron notes, salt mineral notes mixed with a dense sweet fruit. Very nice texture and balance. Good length. 92-93
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5/27/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:
Vertical/Horizontal Tasting of Chevillon Nuits St. Georges Premier Crus (San Francisco): Ruby center. Ripe sweet berry fruit. Excellent amplitude and sap. Deep fruit mixed with anise and salinity. Very good buttressing acidity and round tannins, nicely layered texture, fine finish. Excellent potential and quite clearly the best of the 4 vintages of this cru.
When tasted the next day, even deeper darker register fruit, ground coffee, and more tannic. Better than I found it the first day.
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4/20/2023 - morv Likes this wine: 96 Points
The 2009 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Cailles is currently showing well, and appears to be in its prime drinking window. The wine displays a rather dark color with a lot of energy. On the nose, there is a rich concentration of dark berry fruit along with a subtle note of wood floor. The palate is intense, with very fine tannins that add to the wine's overall complexity, and a seemingly endless finish.
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4/7/2023 - rosenst1 wrote: 93 Points
Opened 45 minutes before tasting. Medium dark red with no lightening at the rim. Intense nose of Pinot fruit but perhaps less NSG typical. This improved and developed even more intensity with air though the tannins are buried in the fruit. More 2009 than NSG. Will age for another decade but not sure will get better. Excellent.
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8/18/2022 - dbkitc wrote: 91 Points
A beautiful wine that’s full of youthful energy. Really by color with a nose full of ripe cherries and crushed stones. A hint of menthol? The palate has a bit of effervescents. Needs to settle down before hitting the drinking window. I have eleven more and will wait until 2025 to try the next one. (91++)
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8/1/2022 - WillersC wrote: 96 Points
Incredible wine, drinking very well at the moment. Cool, graphite note initially and then exploding with amazing complex fruits and sous bois. Mouthfeel is ethereal, with extraordinary breadth and length. Proper 1er cru density, just stunning.
Slight warning, some roasted notes appeared on day 2, which give me caution about aging this too long. I will wait another 2-3 years for my last bottle but not much longer than that.
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6/12/2022 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 94 Points
Popped'n poured with dinner at La Piquette in DC. Dining beautifully right now, but with a long life ahead.
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5/28/2022 - GuWin wrote: 94 Points
Utviklet rødbrunlig farge med murstensfarget kant.
Fabelaktig god lukt! Modne jordbær og bringebær, høstløv, fuktig skogbunn og nygjødslet jorde. Røyktoner dukker opp etterhvert, et snev av kompost og etter et par timer finner vi også mørk karamell! Godt utviklet med andre ord, og så langt konsistent med forrige flaske drukket for to år siden.
Helt nydelig smak også - pent utviklet, finstemt og harmonisk, godt modent bærpreg med veldig god konsentrasjon og fin fruktsødme med preg av jordbær og godt modne moreller, behagelige varme og ‘spicy’ toner. Tydelige men finkornete tanniner og behagelig syrestruktur som fra modne røde jordbær og kirsebær. Det er en veldig flott balanse mellom bærpreg, fruktsødme, garvestoff og syre! Imponerende lang smakskurve med varme toner av balsamico og godt modne bringebær og jordbær. En kompleks, smaksrik og godt moden burgund. Jeg tenker denne er på topp nå og ikke vil bli særlig mye bedre.
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5/22/2022 - Wine Canuck wrote: 95 Points
This wine pours light ruby in the glass with light bricking at the rim. The nose on this is insane. It is immediately expressive from the bottle and gains complexity and power with air. The nose is of dark cherry, pomegranite, petrichor, fresh mushroom, dried orange peel, animal fur, flowering thyme, cardamom, dark chocolate, and sweet cedar. By the end of the bottle notes of nori and ginger emerge to show more of the Burgundy complexity that will come with further bottle age. The palate has lovely texture, though is still structured with medium tannin and medium acid, turning to the lovely cherry flesh to cherry pit notes on the finish. The finish is very long, lingering for minutes on end. Super impressive stuff that exceeds expectations, yet could improve with more age. This really speaks to Nuits Saint Georges with this deep earthy complexity, but also is simply great Burgundy.
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3/27/2022 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted for an hour. Some burned notes that detracted from other excellent aspects. A disappointment, all things considered. 13.5%
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3/19/2022 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 94 Points
Popped'n poured and a perfect accompaniment to a delicious duck confit at Cafe Colline in Arlington, VA. Still youthful, but drinking beautifully with that wonderful '09 vintage fruit. Count me as both a huge fan of '09 and Chevillon!
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2/18/2022 - Livonietisr Likes this wine: 94 Points
Transparent medium garnet. Intense aromas of cherry, plums, spices, leather, earth, smoke. Wine is full bodied with fresh acidity. Great structure and intensity. At the beginning of drinking window, but already beautiful.
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7/21/2021 - dglebo Likes this wine: 96 Points
It’s all there. Early but not just approachable: enjoyable. Garnet, dark earth nose, a delicious mid palate that lingers. Excellent burgundy.
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3/15/2021 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 94 Points
Popped'n poured to pair with quail at home. Still fairly primary, but definitely in a good early drinking window. A really good Burgundy.
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12/5/2020 - theharve wrote: 94 Points
still young but less primary, still good, try late 21
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11/19/2020 - llink wrote: 88 Points
Funky and Brett filled nose. The palate is fairly ripe, rich and extracted. Texture is thick and soupy like a Vogue wine. Probably picked too late in a warm vintage, not impressed.
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11/12/2020 - Gruffalius Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep and earthy. Needs some air. Really nice.
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7/14/2020 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted just before dinner at La Piquette in DC on Bastille Day. Still young, but hitting its early drinking window - lovely nose, dark red fruits, classic enough to pair beautifully with coq au vin, but enough spice for a Moroccan couscous and lamb dish.
Very good, with likely underscoring just because of the definite upside to come.
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6/12/2020 - GuWin wrote: 93 Points
Godt utviklet duft med søtlige komposstoner, høstløv, våt skogbunn og modne kirsebær/moreller, og et overraskende hint av blyantspiss som lurte noen et øyeblikk over mot Bordeaux. Overraskende langtkommet på smak, ganske rustikk, masse rød og moden frukt, ‘juicy’. Godt balansert med middels intens syre og tannin. Lang, harmonisk og sødmefull smakskurve. Om denne er representativ er det "bør drikkes innen kort tid"
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4/12/2020 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted about an hour before Easter dinner, but this was rocking from the get-go. Much more approachable than the first bottle of the case - bright red fruit, velvety texture, and a nose that was perhaps even better than the taste. At some point, it will be great fun to compare some of the '09s and '10s from the same producer and vineyard.
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12/25/2019 - Cognacblanc wrote: 95 Points
Deeply seductive with warm earthy aroma. Liquid silk in the glass
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8/16/2019 - chablis28 wrote: 93 Points
Opened a couple hours prior to dinner, took a pour and found it very open for business so merely slow oxed the rest in glass & btl. Semi translucent medium red color with some bricking. Knockout aromas of; sous bois, red fruit, and mineral bursts from the glass. A vibrant lifted palate delivers; raspberry, mineral, mushroom, earth, licorice and spice. Just entering its prime drinking window this is already very complex, finessed and elegant. Every time I open Chevillon I find myself pledging to own more. Alc 13.5% but feels, smells and taste more like 12%. Great tonight with beef stir fry and a fun btl to share on my 64th Bday.
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8/10/2019 - DCHawkeye wrote: 92 Points
First bottle of a case. Some browning at the rim, but drinking very much younger than it looked. Triple decanted (double-decanted at home and then again at La Piquette, my favorite French bistro in DC). Still big, and rather tight, but finally started to open an hour or so into the meal. This has a long life and considerable upside ahead. I'll try to hold off another year or two before the next bottle.
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7/24/2019 - drwine2001 wrote:
Dull ruby with early browning at the rim. Opens with funk and smokiness, but this brett signature did not increase with air. What did come up was plum and blackberry, a bit of green, brown spice, and chocolate. This fleshed out nicely and turned out to be quite chewy and dense for Les Cailles but neither too ripe nor too sweet given the vintage, and the acidity was excellent. Rather strapping young Nuits with a good deal of further upside potential.
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7/4/2019 - Shiaxonna wrote:
Drank up before it got enough air. It never woke up. Will not rate but has great power and potential.
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6/12/2019 - wineappreciation wrote: 91 Points
Raspberry and sous bois; elegant, silky, rich, but somewhat short lived
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4/21/2019 - dead puddle wrote: 94 Points
Blind tasting for my guests. Smoke, old dry jam, jamy red berries, in the core of a strong structure of acidity and old bloody orange juice. No tannins here but vivacity and power of a marure wine in hot vintage. Fantastic, overtake easely a roast cheep with creamy greens beens. Soon his twin, the Vaucrains, will be evaluated.
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2/9/2019 - Pinot_Geek wrote:
Nice fruit and funk. Easy drinker. The pour person's Gouges :-)
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11/9/2018 - burgcamel wrote: 93 Points
Starting to drink nicely with an hour of air. Lots of fruit and earth and a reasonably persistent finish. As burgundies go, this is a great value.
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6/27/2018 - acyso wrote: 88 Points
Dinner at Margeaux Brasserie (Chicago, IL): First off, I will say that the more 2009 red burgundies I have, the more I realize that I really enjoy them. This wine in particular shows a generosity of fruit that I love. It's red and quite pretty. There's a fair bit of dirt and barnyard on the nose that's just slightly over the top for me, and perhaps made a bit more unpleasant by a touch of stinky reduction. The palate is cleaner than the nose, but there's a slight candied quality here, but the fruit profile is certainly very enjoyable. Oddly enough, it thins out a little towards the midpalate and finish, too. Not sure what to make of this wine -- these days, I have this seed in my brain that Chevillon isn't all of what it's cracked up to be. I'll have to poke at a few more and see.
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12/26/2017 - mnh Likes this wine: 96 Points
At a great place right now
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5/6/2017 - vespa110 wrote: 91 Points
Rosso rubino con unghia granato, naso sporco all'inizio, ha bisogno di aria per svegliarsi... versione ancora molto giovane, frutta blu, spezie e mineralità al naso, bocca fresca, fruttata e piacevolmente lunga.
Ha un buon futuro davanti, può migliorare di qualità.
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4/26/2017 - Gian wrote: 91 Points
Opened just before the dinner , at the beginning very close with animal fur nose , after two hours of air it started to send the red fruits , spice , mineral , on the palate round and savory , nice to drink with food and also alone. Quite a long finish
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12/21/2016 - theharve wrote: 95 Points
couldn't wait. Has re-emerged and is all together now. Great classic silky burg.
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10/29/2016 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine:
This was a little funky cold medina at first, then it blows off into a young, but delicious Cailles. Reddish sweet fruit, spice, dusty mineral perception. Yummy. Probably give it some more time unless you have a bunch of bottles.
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9/3/2016 - Mr T wrote:
Yum yum yum
Wish I had more
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4/10/2016 - theharve wrote: 93 Points
closed down after i last drank it but re-emerging. try again next year
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4/4/2016 - sehill Does not like this wine:
The second experience with this wine imported by Premier Cru, this bottle gives a significantly less offensive showing than the previous one. This bottle gives a good showing; however, aromatics of sweaty horse saddle, roasted meats and barnyard detract from the overall impression. At this stage the wine shows some maturing elements and the bouquet is dominated by roasted meat, earth, leather, barnyard and some spice notes with the youthful fruit relegated to the background. The medium bodied palate is firm and gives a lengthy finish with very good overall balance marked by earth, leather and saddle notes.
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2/18/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
C-cubed--Chevillon Chaignots and Cailles Verticals (Arlequin Wine Merchant, San Francisco): Ruby with some lightening. Complex nose dominated by pine needles. Rich, almost crystallized fruit followed by deep, savory, gamy notes and some soil. Terrifically deep and sappy. Coming into its prime but still a great deal of potential for the future.
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12/20/2015 - BuzzzzOff Likes this wine: 92 Points
Our first red on Burgundy Sunday Sipping 'n Snacking at home. Light, bright red on the eye. Still barely legal. We let her breath for 2 hours before partaking. Aromas of dark, smoky red fruit, leather and liquorice. Medium bodied, sickly salacious, powerful, ripe and concentrated fruit. We did her a slight disservice unveiling her at this dance, but her dainty confidence ensured she did not disappoint. Dahlin', we will see you in another 10 years or so...luvly
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12/17/2015 - jmoore431 wrote: 92 Points
Darker, small bubbles when poured(?) not from soap; shoe polish, peppery, spices with bright red fruit. Some tannins show yet very balanced overall.
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3/9/2015 - Mr T wrote:
I think I've finally had a Burg I liked....open pretty much from the get go and very pretty and open with licorice and some sweeter strawberry...very pretty
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11/13/2014 - Charlie Carnes wrote: flawed
The ridiculous baby diaper and hints of band-aid, blew off after about an hour to reveal a really crappy Burgundy. Hideous. 2 out of 3 have been flawed.
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7/30/2014 - mnh Likes this wine: 95 Points
Excellent. more open than expected
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11/23/2013 - theharve Likes this wine: 95 Points
flat out great but enuf dusty tannins so won't try again f[til summer 14. I'd be interested in know who imported the flawed bottles.
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9/27/2013 - WillersC wrote: 95 Points
Young (Of course), but quite open and actually showing very good complexity at the moment. Very delicious with lots of everything, in perfect balance. Very nice! Spice, blue, black fruits, tons of earth,and ohh so long. Full on yet very feminine and delicate.
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6/11/2013 - Collector1855 wrote: 92 Points
My second bottle that had a wet cork. Upon opening the wine had distinctively mature color (light garnet with brick rim) and aromas (a bit bretty, earthy). I kept it one night vacuumed in the fridge. The next day the wine was better and tasted like a fully mature burgundy, still earthy in style but now with crisp acidity and enough red fruit present to balance its earthy side. Nice and complex. Still not sure this bottle is fully representative.
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5/16/2013 - Collector1855 wrote: flawed
Corked.
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3/2/2013 - sehill wrote: flawed
Another offender in a string of brett influenced 2009 Chevillon "Les Cailles". This bottle, unlike others, was undrinkable with the brett elements becoming more dominant with airing. Imported by Premier Cru.
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2/9/2013 - sehill wrote:
Opened and poured, this bottle gave a better showing than three previously tasted bottles; however, it also displays some degree of brett that renders this wine disappointing. Imported by Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant.
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12/9/2012 - Charlie Carnes wrote: flawed
This started strongly poopy and bretty. No bottle funk here, the solid flaw stayed with the wine for two more days as I checked in on it often. Down the drain.
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11/2/2012 - danstrings wrote: 92 Points
Evvia with the gang -- Gorgeous glaceed fruit, clean and spicy fruit, blueberry, wet cave, minty milk chocolate notes. Candied clove and dried orange rind. Niiice.
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6/15/2012 - mnh wrote: 94 Points
One corked. Second excellent. Will go the distance.
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5/16/2012 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 95 Points
This is flat out amazing! Also, man I just think you cannot do much better than Chevillon in ripe/big years. The wine leans barely to the purple side in color, but still has the Cailles red traits that I so love where it counts, albeit dialed down a little. The best part of this wine is the mouthfeel and the delicious swallow. I know, the wine is only three and shows its young age, but if you have a few of these give one a whirl. Reminds me some of the Kutch McDougal Ranch 2009... go figure.
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4/14/2012 - sehill wrote:
This wine has been tasted on two occasions and from three bottles. First tasted on 2/17/12, the wine was consumed with dinner allowing a couple of hours to evaluate the wine. More recently, this was tasted as part of an afternoon tasting (the wine was tasted from two bottles). Aromatically, this wine shows a funky element (most likely brett) that fails to dissipate over time. The first experience with this wine showed a bottle that with extended airing hinted at its potential but failed to give satisfactory development. More recently, the wine (tasted from two bottles) confirmed the initial impression. Hopefully this wine can overcome the off-putting (to some) elements and give a more harmonious showing.
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2/10/2012 - llink wrote:
A little funk on the nose, with some sweat and copious black fruits. Big palate with dark fruit flavors and a nice balancing structure. Medium finish where you pick up some oak tannin. Very "classic" for a 2009 and will be great if the funk does not continue to develop and bloom.
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