Domaine Chevillon, Pinot Noir, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Pruliers, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France 2021

"Les Pruliers" has a sustained color. Young, it imposes its personality. Summer fruit flavors mingle with fine plant smells reminiscent of blackcurrant leaves, with licorice and spicy rose notes in the background. When mature, fullness and roundness, underlined with a dash of liveliness, that try to hide more austere closing notes. Flavors of cocoa, smoked meat, and undergrowth are then noticed. In great years, age gives it a generous and sensual sweetness.

Domaine Chevillon is often said to be the greatest Domaine in Nuits-Saint-Georges. With a focused core of Pinot fruit, the wines are always balanced, never over-oaked or over-chapitalized. Chevillon's Burgundies cellar well, but in their youth they show elegant berry and earth perfume, and are best paired with game dishes, roasted birds such as quail and duck, and strong aromatic cheeses.