Domaine Robert Chevillon

The Chevillon family has developed the domaine through its own work since the 1900s. Symphorien Chevillon began by working around 30 ares of vines in Nuits-Saint-Georges in his own name. Eugène-François Chevillon (1887-1943) took over the domaine around 1914, after two years of military service and five years of war, and bought a few Premier Cru plots. From 1943 his wife kept the vineyard going with the help of their three children, and in 1946 the vines were taken over by his two sons, who later separated. Maurice Chevillon bought two stills, became an itinerant distiller and continued to expand the domaine with new Premier Cru plots. In 1937 Maurice's wife Adrienne gave birth to two children, Jeannine and Robert. Robert married Christiane in 1961, and their sons Denis and Bertrand were born in 1963 and 1967. Robert was the first in the family to bottle the domaine's own wine rather than selling to the négoce. In 1990 Denis, Bertrand and Robert formed their SCEV, and since Robert's retirement in 2003 Denis and Bertrand have run the domaine.

• Symphorien Chevillon: around 30 ares of vines in Nuits-Saint-Georges, worked in his own name.
• Around 1914: Eugène-François Chevillon (1887-1943) took over and bought a few Premier Cru plots.
• 1946: the vines passed to his two sons; Maurice Chevillon, also an itinerant distiller, kept buying Premier Cru plots.
• 1990: Robert, Denis and Bertrand Chevillon formed an SCEV; 2003: Robert retired.

Denis Chevillon, born in 1963, and Bertrand Chevillon, born in 1967, succeeded their father when he retired in 2003, and the domaine's site names the two brothers as its viticulteurs. The domaine carries the name of their father, Robert Chevillon, born in 1937. The wines are sold mainly in England and the United States, and also in Australia, South Africa, Japan and China. In 2012 ninety percent of production, which averaged 70,000 bottles a year, was exported, and the domaine was not accepting new customers.

• Viticulteurs: Denis and Bertrand Chevillon.
• Robert Chevillon (born 1937), whose name the domaine carries, retired in 2003.
• Main markets: England and the United States; also Australia, South Africa, Japan and China.
• 2012: ninety percent of production exported, averaging 70,000 bottles a year; no new customers accepted.

The domaine covers 13 hectares of vines, mostly red Premier Crus, and the vines are Guyot-pruned. Its eight Premier Crus all lie in Nuits-Saint-Georges. In the south part of the appellation are Les Vaucrains (1.63 ha, facing east-north-east at 260 to 280 metres), Les Saint-Georges (0.62 ha, east, 245 to 260 metres), Les Cailles (1.19 ha, east, 250 to 260 metres), Les Roncières (1.06 ha, east-south-east, 250 to 300 metres), Les Pruliers (0.61 ha, east, 250 to 270 metres) and Les Perrières (0.60 ha, east-south-east, 260 to 275 metres). In the north part are Les Chaignots (1.55 ha, east, 260 to 280 metres) and Les Bousselots (0.54 ha, south-east, 255 to 280 metres). Village Nuits-Saint-Georges rouge comes from 3.38 ha of Pinot Noir on piedmont slopes in limestone areas with clay and marl. The Bourgogne Pinot Noir comes from the lieux-dits Les Maladières and Petit Chaliot, the Bourgogne Aligoté from Croix Blanche and Petit Chaliot, and the Bourgogne Passetoutgrain, two-thirds Gamay and one-third Pinot Noir, from Champs d'Argent, Croix Blanche and Petit Chaliot. The domaine also makes a village Nuits-Saint-Georges Blanc. Les Saint-Georges was already planted in the year 1000, and in 1023 Humbert, archdeacon of Autun, gave it to the Saint-Denis chapter in Vergy. In 2015 it was one of the 41 premiers crus of Nuits-Saint-Georges, an appellation then without grands crus, and that year a group of Nuits-Saint-Georges producers began preparing an application to the INAO for its promotion to grand cru.

• 13 hectares, mostly red Premier Crus; Guyot pruning.
• South-side Premier Crus: Les Vaucrains 1.63 ha, Les Cailles 1.19 ha, Les Roncières 1.06 ha, Les Saint-Georges 0.62 ha, Les Pruliers 0.61 ha, Les Perrières 0.60 ha.
• North-side Premier Crus: Les Chaignots 1.55 ha, Les Bousselots 0.54 ha.
• Village Nuits-Saint-Georges rouge: 3.38 ha; Bourgogne Passetoutgrain is two-thirds Gamay and one-third Pinot Noir.
• Les Saint-Georges: in 2015 one of 41 Nuits-Saint-Georges premiers crus, with a grand cru application to the INAO in preparation that year.

The vigour of the vines is controlled with a green harvest in July, and the maturity of all the vines is checked twice a week to set the harvest date. In 2012 the domaine farmed under lutte raisonnée, ploughing between the rows and avoiding herbicide treatments. Grapes are harvested and sorted by hand; sorting can eliminate 5 to 20% of the grapes. In 2012 everything was destemmed and fermented in stainless steel. After 5 to 6 days of cold maceration at around 10°, fermentation starts naturally; density and temperature are monitored so as not to exceed 34°, over a cycle of 2 to 3 weeks with daily treading and pumping-over. Maturing takes 15 to 18 months, in 30% new barrels and 70% one-wine barrels; in 2012 the barrels came from Sirugue, Seguin-Moureau and Chassin. The wines are left in vat to blend for 3 to 4 weeks and are then bottled by gravity.

• Green harvest in July; maturity of all the vines checked twice a week.
• Hand harvest and hand sorting, which can eliminate 5 to 20% of the grapes.
• 5 to 6 days of cold maceration at around 10°; natural fermentation over 2 to 3 weeks with daily treading and pumping-over.
• 15 to 18 months of maturing in 30% new and 70% one-wine barrels; 3 to 4 weeks of blending in vat, then bottling by gravity.

The domaine describes the result of its work as 'structured, fruity, elegant, fine and complex wines, made to be kept.' Its notes call Les Vaucrains 'Austere in its youth,' requiring 'a good ten years to calm down,' and say that from its youth Les Cailles shows 'charm, freshness and fruitiness.' Tasting the 2011s from barrel in June 2012, Burgundy Report found 'a smoothness and glossiness' in the domaine's wines, 'almost regardless of vintage.'

Primary sources (producer's own site): https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/the-domaine-robert-chevillon.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/expertise.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/our-wines-nuits-saint-georges.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/vin-nuits-saint-georges/le-domaine-robert-chevillon.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/nuits-saint-georges-1er-cru-les-vaucrains-wine.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/nuits-saint-georges-1er-cru-les-saint-georges-wine.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/nuits-saint-georges-1er-cru-les-cailles-wine.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/nuits-saint-georges-1er-cru-les-chaignots-wine.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/nuits-saint-georges-1er-cru-les-roncieres-wine.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/nuits-saint-georges-1er-cru-les-pruliers-wine.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/nuits-saint-georges-1er-cru-les-bousselots-wine.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/nuits-saint-georges-1er-cru-les-perrieres-wine.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/nuits-saint-georges-red.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/nuits-saint-georges-white.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/bourgogne-pinot-noir-wine.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/bourgogne-aligote-wine.html, https://www.domainerobertchevillon.fr/nuits-saint-georges-wines/bourgogne-passetoutgrain-wine.html. Secondary sources: Burgundy Report (profile dated 29 November 2012) and Decanter (Panos Kakaviatos, 26 May 2015). Last verified 2026-10-14. Where the producer's site and a secondary source disagree, the producer's site governs.