Les St. Georges is often the most purely black fruity wine in the Chevillon lineup, but in 2017, it has caught the red fruity fever that has swept through the other wines here and is gorgeously loaded with aromatics from the red side of the spectrum. The stunning bouquet soars from the glass in a sophisticated blend of red plums, red and black cherries, raw cocoa, pigeon, a touch of nutskin, very, very complex minerality, peonies and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and youthfully reserved, with plenty of sap down at the core, great soil signature, fine-grained tannins, laser-like focus and a very, very long, complex and utterly seamless finish. Brilliant juice.

(94-96) The 2017 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Saint-Georges is a stunning wine in the making, soaring from the glass with a beautiful bouquet of cassis, violets, wild plums, wood smoke and rich soil tones. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and multidimensional, with serious reserves of beautifully refined structuring tannin and concentrated fruit, concluding with a long and sapid finish. This is a stunning wine from the Chevillon brothers which could hold its own against most of the Côte de Nuits' grands crus this year. - WK

(92-95) This is also quite spicy with a pretty and broad-ranging combination of red cherry, plum and violet aromas that are cut with warm earth hints. The big-bodied flavors possess a bit more minerality as well as more size, weight and evident power before culminating in a racy yet seductive finish that is very clearly built to age. This tautly muscular effort manages to be serious yet refined.

Often the most backward, as well as the most concentrated, of the Chevillons' premiers crus, this is also the oakiest right now. But rest assured that there's more than enough structure for the wine to cope. It's deep, rich and focussed, with stony minerality and spicy, plummy, red berry intensity.

(93+ points) The 2017 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges 1er Cru has a very pure, very pretty bouquet that displays impressive delineation and focus; the pedigree is easy to see here. The palate is well balanced, very saline and sappy in the mouth, delivering good depth and substance and a spicy, almost fiery finish that wants to be noticed. Very promising, but give it time, because it clearly has a lot of potential. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting. -- Neal Martin