To celebrate the successful submission of an NIH proposal (always an optimistic time, before it gets reviewed), Jean and I cooked up some European quails with roasted potatoes, sauteed bok choy and shi'itake mushrooms sauteed with shallots. To accompany this mid-week feast, I opened a bottle of 2014 Robert Chevillon Nuits St George Vieilles Vignes, a village-level bottling that always punches above its weight in my experience. Tonight was no exception, with this -- the last of 3 bottles -- showing absolutely lovely: ruby red with orange at the rim, an intense nose of dark red cherry (almost verging into cherry liqueur) and a sliken texture, all in perfect balance. It'll easily go another 5-10 years and probably take on more perfume, but for sheer pleasure it may never exceed what it delivered today.
This was, in times past, a regular purchase for me, especially in those years when the 1ers were priced too high or too scarce, and 2014 is shaping up to be my favorite vintage of the 2010s. Alas, they've now become pricier than I'm willing to spend. Fortunately, I have a few other vintages in the cellar to indulge in nostalgically in future years.