Decanter Magazine
Les Perrières is situated close to the quarry in Nuits-St-Georges and often seems to have a slightly chalky note to it chez Chevillon. Aged in 30% new wood, it's one of the more structured wines in the domaine's range in 2018, exhibiting impressive depth and concentration, sweet bramble and mulberry fruit, sinewy tannins and the potential to age stylishly in bottle. Drinking Window 2024 - 2032.
John Gilman "View from the Cellar"
Les Perrières is situated just above les Porrets on the slope, south of Roncières, so it is closer to the epicenter of the hail in July and may have been a bit more affected as a result, but I am not certain of this. The bouquet is deep, powerfully sappy and shows enormous potential in its mix of red and black cherries, plummy fruit, bonfire, pigeon, a great base of stony minerality and new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, very pure and rock solid at the core, with a fullbodied format, plenty of sappiness, firm, chewy tannins and outstanding length and grip on the very youthful, but very promising finish. This will be a great wine in due course, but it will need a minimum of fifteen years to start to stir and will probably not really peak until it is thirty years of age! 2033-2075+.
Wine Advocate - William Kelley
The 2018 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Perrières was showing especially well, mingling aromas of cassis and dark chocolate with savory nuances of loamy soil and grilled squab in an incipiently complex bouquet. Medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, it's lively and precise, with terrific tension despite the richness and power of the vintage.
Domaine Robert Chevillon
