Robert Chevillon, Nuits Saint Georges Vv

Robert Chevillon, Nuits Saint Georges Vv(this cuve is mostly from La Charmotte and Au Chouillet, with bits and pieces from Aux Saints Jacques, Les Charmois, Les Maladires, Les Chaliots and Les Brles plus a few others too small to mention). Once again reduction renders the nose impossible to assess but there is good freshness and verve to the solidly dense middle weight flavors that possess a relatively fine mouth feel that is enhanced by the finer grained tannins. As the description

with a honeyed quince character

smoked earth and spice

elegant and seamless of the two

more elegant and more compact than its peers

The Casa Matè has also closed down considerably since I last tasted it

Revisited from the July 2019 disgorgement

Stronger balsamic notes emerge with time in the glass

with the 2011 Flaccianello della Pieve appearing a bit softer and plumper around the midsection

On the palate

Part of the wine matured in concrete (something they started in 2016)

generous fruit and an absolutely eternal finish

richness and concentration to the big-bodied mineral-driven flavors that also display an abundance of palate coating dry extract on the tremendously long finish