2017 Ghislaine Barthod, Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru, Les Charmes 12x750ml

Vinous 93

The 2017 Chambolle-Musigny Les Charmes 1er Cru was showing some reduction on the nose when I tasted the wine from barrel. The palate is medium-bodied with sorbet-fresh red fruit, wonderful backbone and tension and just a touch of sherbet toward the vivacious finish. This will turn into a pretty Chambolle. [Neal Martin, 01/10/2019]

Anticipated maturity: 2022-2040

Robert Parker 93

Barthod’s 2017 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes unfurls in the glass with the quintessential Chambolle bouquet of raspberries, rose petals and sweet spices, with only subtle hints of the savory complexity to come with bottle age. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, layered and expansive, with a deep and ample core of succulent fruit framed by fine, delicately chalky tannins, concluding with a long and beautifully delineated finish. It’s an impeccable wine that once again evokes the brilliant 2000 rendition. [William Kelley, 12/24/2018]