The Nuits-St.-Georges Les Chaignots reluctantly displays its brooding, austere nose after considerable coaxing. Scents of roses and beautifully ripe cherries emerge from this velvety-textured wine. With airing it offers an explosion of gorgeously elegant cherries and red berries, a medium-to-full body and a complex, long finish. It needs to be held for 2-3 years and will easily hold for 7-8 more. 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.