Ghislaine Barthod’s domaine originated in the 1920s with Marcel Noëllat, whose daughter married Gaston Barthod – a soldier stationed in Dijon who came to buy some wine and got the girl as well. He gave up military life for the vineyards in ’60.
His daughter, Ghislaine, and her partner, Louis Boillot, bought their current premises overlooking Premier Cru Les Feusselottes in ’86. Though they share the team who work the vineyards, the vinification and commercial aspects of their businesses are kept separate.
The domaine has an incomparable range of Chambolle-Musigny terroirs, with 11 separate Premier Cru bottlings and highly regarded Bourgogne and village wines.
94 Points William Kelley (Wine Advocate)
Sensual and gourmand, Barthod’s 2019 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Aux Beaux Bruns wafts from the glass with aromas of cherries and plums mingled with rose petals, orange rind and spices. Medium to full-bodied, layered and textural, it’s seamless and enveloping, with an ample core of fruit and ripe, supple tannins. If there’s one wine in the range that can be approached young, it’s this.
94 Points Jasper Morris
Pure mid purple, first to be picked, weighing in at 13%. There is ripe fruit on show up front but then a grainy texture behind, perhaps a wood tannin. Some blood orange notes which I associate with the presence of iron oxide in the soil. Not quite in harmony today until the finish which has a deep floral character. Notable persistence. This will certainly harmonise with a little more time in barrel. 7.5 barrels made.