93-95 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "The 2018 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Cailles wafts from the glass with a lovely bouquet of cassis, plums, dark chocolate, grilled squab and smoked meats. Medium to full-bodied, elegantly layered and complete, it's muscular but refined, with a rich chassis of ripe tannin and an ample core of fruit, concluding with a long, perfumed finish. (Feb 2020)"
93-95 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2018 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Cailles 1er Cru has a complex bouquet, a mélange of red and black fruit, crushed rocks, rose petals, desiccated orange peel and touches of black pepper, all wonderfully detailed and precise. The palate is nicely balanced with an energetic opening, delivering red berry fruit, savory notes of black truffle and meat juices and real sapidity toward the finish. This is a superb Les Cailles, very mercurial in the glass and constantly shape-shifting. Superb. Drink: 2022-2045. (Jan 2020)"
93-95 points Fine Wine Review: "The Cailles begins with an earthy, smoky nose. In the mouth, one perceives the extra concentration and density to the dark fruit as a result of the yow yields due both to the hail loss and the very old vines. The wine is very long in the mouth. (3/27/20)"
91-94 points Jasper Morris, MW: "Mid purple, with an open accessible dark red fruit nose. Ripe fruit fills the mouth, perhaps with a touch of raisin but mostly in the first flush of fleshy youth, with a good follow through. Though within the affected area, this wine has absolutely no indication of any hail damage. Tasted: November 2019."
93 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "Usually the 'Big Three' at Domaine Chevillon are the best wines in the cellars, but this distinction is not quite so clear cut in 2018, as all three of these vineyards, to some degree, were peripherally affected by the hail in July. It is not that the les Cailles is less pure than the wines that preceded it, but perhaps it is a bit more chewy and tannic. The black fruity bouquet is deep, very pure and sappy but also quite powerful, offering up scents of black cherries, black raspberries, plums, venison, a good base of soil, woodsmoke, chocolate and just a touch of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is ripe, powerful and broad-shouldered, with a rock solid core of fruit, firm, chewy tannins, good acids and a very, very long, youthful and promising finish. 2035-2075. (Nov/Dec 2019)"
92 points Tim Atkin, MW.
93-95 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2018 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Cailles 1er Cru has a complex bouquet, a mélange of red and black fruit, crushed rocks, rose petals, desiccated orange peel and touches of black pepper, all wonderfully detailed and precise. The palate is nicely balanced with an energetic opening, delivering red berry fruit, savory notes of black truffle and meat juices and real sapidity toward the finish. This is a superb Les Cailles, very mercurial in the glass and constantly shape-shifting. Superb. Drink: 2022-2045. (Jan 2020)"
93-95 points Fine Wine Review: "The Cailles begins with an earthy, smoky nose. In the mouth, one perceives the extra concentration and density to the dark fruit as a result of the yow yields due both to the hail loss and the very old vines. The wine is very long in the mouth. (3/27/20)"
91-94 points Jasper Morris, MW: "Mid purple, with an open accessible dark red fruit nose. Ripe fruit fills the mouth, perhaps with a touch of raisin but mostly in the first flush of fleshy youth, with a good follow through. Though within the affected area, this wine has absolutely no indication of any hail damage. Tasted: November 2019."
93 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "Usually the 'Big Three' at Domaine Chevillon are the best wines in the cellars, but this distinction is not quite so clear cut in 2018, as all three of these vineyards, to some degree, were peripherally affected by the hail in July. It is not that the les Cailles is less pure than the wines that preceded it, but perhaps it is a bit more chewy and tannic. The black fruity bouquet is deep, very pure and sappy but also quite powerful, offering up scents of black cherries, black raspberries, plums, venison, a good base of soil, woodsmoke, chocolate and just a touch of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is ripe, powerful and broad-shouldered, with a rock solid core of fruit, firm, chewy tannins, good acids and a very, very long, youthful and promising finish. 2035-2075. (Nov/Dec 2019)"
92 points Tim Atkin, MW.
| Product SKU | 336843 |
| Producer | Chevillon |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| SubRegion | Côte de Nuits |
| Appellation | Nuits-St.-Georges |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Designation | Premier Cru |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | Red |
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