'04 Robt Chevillon NSG

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Stephen South
2004 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits-Saint-Georges, vielles Vignes, alc 13%...in the Rojaus for an hour...the color is a bit advanced and there is clearing at the edges...the nose is of damp leaves and turned wet earth....the palate is a bit restrained with soft fruit and moderate acidity....the finish turns a little toward the sweeter side but overall this is a bit sour....
Seems a bit older than expected but still fairly nice
 
Had a bottle of the 04 Vaucrains a while ago that was just really unpleasant. Don't recall it being 'green' per se, but it def seemed thin and weedy. And sour, too.
 
Though the wines have evolved considerably. Cailles was tasty at Brooklynguy's 2004 shindig a while back.
 
That was the Les St. Georges, not the Cailles. But the Chaignots was green and just a few weeks prior I'd poured a Roncieres down the sink.
 
This thread prodded me to try one of mine. I realized I hadn't ever opened any of what I had gotten on release.

I went for a Chaignots, since it was implicated as an offender. Tonight this showed some mild reduction at first but it blew off fairly soon. It then passed through some awkwardness and eventually coalesced, with some nice black cherry and secondary aromas of cooked red fruits. Not shut down, certainly transitional. The closest this came to any sort of greenness was a rather sharp tart edge to the acidity. Comparable maybe to some '96's. Tannins were still kinda grippy. So based on this bottle, there seems to be potential for "in mouth" rather than "down drain" experiences.

This was direct from a KLWM retailer and right into storage. While my 04 tasting history is relatively modest overall, all my worst offenders for greenness have been Volnays.
 
I've had several very good 04s recently and am guessing that the problem-which is nothing to do with greenness in my experience-will continue to recede.
 
2004 was the vintage that convinced me that I'm not very sensitive to "green" flavors, whatever they are. I've had a couple of bottles of the '04 Chevillon NSG and it's been lovely by my standards.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
2004 was the vintage that convinced me that I'm not very sensitive to "green" flavors, whatever they are. I've had a couple of bottles of the '04 Chevillon NSG and it's been lovely by my standards.

Mark Lipton
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The most pronounced "greenness" I've experienced was with 04 D'Angerville Clos des Ducs and the Lafarge Bourgogne. Mark you could test your sensitivity to what I got from those wines by breaking off a young branch from a maple sapling and and chewing on the broken end. That sharp woody bitterness should be readily apparent. Imagine that dominating a finish.
 
04 green flavors have been strictly associated with timing for me. Worst from late 06 through early 08. C d Beaune quicker turning than C d Nuits too. I'm a fan of the vintage
 
originally posted by Putnam Weekley:
04 green flavors have been strictly associated with timing for me. Worst from late 06 through early 08. C d Beaune quicker turning than C d Nuits too. I'm a fan of the vintage
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Hey, glad to see you back, Putnam (miss your dee-troit photos)
 
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