Displaying toasted spices, dark berries and cinnamon on the nose, the chewy, austere, minerally and well-structured Nuits-St.-Georges Les Perrieres is an intense, concentrated, pure wine with a very long finish, it screams out for a grilled steak. Full-bodied and extremely well-defined, it will be at its best between 2002-2009+. This note is the result of tastings I did in Burgundy between January 7 and January 29. The wine was tasted from cask, not bottle. Pinot Noir, a fragile varietal, reacts poorly to fining, filtration, and careless bottling techniques, I recommend caution when considering buying a red burgundy based on cask samples. I called it as I tasted it, and hope the bottled wine reflects the quality of the samples I was provided. With the exception of Chevillon's village offering, all his reds have a bright, healthy dark ruby color, a precursor of their intensity of fruit. Wines sold to Domaine Robert Chevillon's US importer (Kermit Lynch) are not subjected to filtration but undergo a fining with egg whites. Wines sold to other markets are subjected to a light filtration. Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524.