Burghound
Ample wood spice is present on the brooding and deeply pitched nose of plum, dark currant, smoked meat and sauvage scents. Though this is an overtly powerful and muscular wine the seductively textured mid-palate is velvety thanks to the copious amount of dry extract that also buffers the notably firm tannic spine on the gorgeously long finale. This strikingly good effort will be approachable somewhat earlier than usual but make no mistake this is still going to require a long stay in a cool cellar. (Drink starting 2029).
John Gilman "View from the Cellar"
The 2014 Domaine Chevillon Vaucrains is another stunning wine in the making, as I love the synthesis of the elegance of the vintage with the depth and power inherent in this great vineyard. The stunning nose soars from the glass in a sappy blend of cherries, pomegranate, nutskin, again, very stony minerality, gamebird, a touch of mustard seed and a judicious framing of cedary wood. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and shows almost bottomless depth of sappy fruit, with stunning transparency, ripe tannins and a very, very long, perfectly balanced and soil-driven finish. Sheer greatness in the making! (Drink between 2025-2075).
Tim Atkin MW
Always shown last in tastings at the domaine, this comes from two 80-year-old parcels in this excellent Premier Cru. Firm, brooding and densely structured, this is the most Nuits-like of the Chevillons’ wines. Savoury, sweet, yet quite firm, it’s a sinewy, age worthy red. 2020-30
Domaine Robert Chevillon
