2017 Les Chaignots Nuit St. George 1er Cru Domaine Chevillon Red Burgundy Ben Nevis

2017 Les Chaignots Nuit St. George 1er Cru Domaine Chevillon Red Burgundy Ben NevisChaignots at its sensual best. Silky summer berry and forest fruit, touches of fruit liqueur and an added twist of woody spices and vanilla you dont normally see in this cuve. Light, charming, fruity and with a smoky savoury complexity. A Nuits centred on finesse and charm. A Nuits Premier Cru vineyard on the Vosne side of the appellation and thus usually one of the silkier and lighter wines of the Chevillon cellar. A fruity nose redolent of sweet

This will be very appealing and reassuring to those new to drinking spirits

then soon the smoke and a very pleasant mix of dryness (fino sherry

thus revealing an extraordinary brandy

Mouth: Starts almost like mint liqueur

has fertile topsoil which produces light

but well balanced with a silky texture and good length

crushed leaves

This is incredibly pure and has clean notes of ripe apples and cinnamon spices

Really solid

Gets then quite liquoricy and finally more tannic and dry

this great cognac house was founded in 1819 with this bottling dating from a time when Winston Churchill was enjoying it

The Beatles and the Stones were drinking this