(92-94+ points) Aromas of plums, wild berries, smoked meats and violets introduce the Chevillon brothers' 2018 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Pruliers, a medium to full-bodied, succulent and enveloping wine with an ample core of fruit that cloaks ripe but chalky structuring tannins that only assert themselves on the finish. This is a very serious cuvée that's built for the cellar. - WK

(91-93 points) This is also very ripe but not roasted or jammy though the nose does have a liqueur-like character from the cassis, poached plum and dark cherry scents. There is even more volume to the big-bodied and prominently muscular flavors that possess excellent mid-palate density while delivering impressive length on the austere, serious and beautifully long if ever-so-mildly warm finale. Note that this too is excellent but very much constructed to age over the longer-term.

93+ The 2018 Pruliers chez Chevillon is a stunning wine in the making. It has a simply gorgeous bouquet, coupled to a broad-shouldered, well-balanced and very powerful palate. The nose soars from the glass in a blaze of red and black cherries, black plums, dark chocolate, venison, woodsmoke, dark soil tones, new oak and a nice touch of violet in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very powerful in personality, with a bottomless core of pure fruit, excellent soil signature, ripe, firm tannins and a very, very long, nascently complex finish. This is a superb vintage of Pruliers in the making.