2008 Ghislaine Barthod, Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru, Les Charmes

The 2008 Chambolle-Musigny Les Charmes boasts striking inner perfume and lovely palate presence. It is another open, expressive wine with wonderful textural elegance and fabulous balance. The finish is long and inviting, even if the Charmes is missing just a touch of freshness. This was the last parcel Barthod harvested in 2008.

(just one of five barrels are new) Good deep red. Compelling aromas of sappy cherry and framboise, minerals, licorice and menthol. Densely packed, perfumed and sweet in the mouth, with explosive red fruit and mineral flavors saturating the entire palate. This has almost painful intensity of flavor, outstanding persistence and a serious spine for aging. Has all the elements to make a great bottle.

This is also very Chambolle in character with a wonderfully fresh and exuberant nose of just crushed red current and blue berry fruit, spice hints and a background nuance of wood spice that introduces textured and impressively precise medium-bodied flavors that display impeccable balance and excellent length. A really lovely wine of harmony and grace. Drink 2015+.

– Burghound.com, Issue 37. Tasted: Jan 2010