The 1997 Nuits-St.-Georges Les Chaignots is medium to dark ruby-colored, and offers aromas of perfumed black fruits and violets. This medium to full-bodied, structured, chewy, and thick wine is crammed with blackberries and stone-laden fruit. A textbook Nuits-St.-Georges because of its foursquare and firm personality, yet the wine possesses sweet, supple tannins. Projected maturity: now-2007.