Bryan's Barhod Offline

28-50, London
Tasted Thursday, February 23, 2012 by SimonG with 355 views

Flight 1 (1 Note)

  • 1999 Domaine Ghislaine Barthod Chambolle-Musigny 87 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny

    En magnum. Qite a dark dense nose, witha slightly strange edge to it, a little reduced I think. Seems to lift with a bit of air. Dense with velvety tannins. Smooth with reasonable length. Surprisingly full for a village Chambolle, certainly more so than I was expecting. Curious one this - over a couple of hours it changes quite dramatically in the glass - reduced, to quite dense, then seemingly oxidised, then a bit volatile, then back to good dark red fruit. All in all a bit enigmatic, but very drinkable once the reduction lifted. ***

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Flight 2 (2 Notes)

  • 1993 Domaine Ghislaine Barthod Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Aux Beaux Bruns 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

    Dark, slightly smokey nose. Similar styling to the 99 Villages - quite dark but a sense here of a bit more freshness on the front of the atatck. Fragrant, a little denser than I was expecting. With time the Mortet seems to have a little more including, surprisingly, elegance. ***1/2

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  • 1993 Domaine Denis Mortet Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Aux Beaux Bruns 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

    A touch lighter than the barthod on the nose, but still quite drk in profile. Lighter and fresher on the palate though. An earthy meatiness here. General consensus (of three) is that there's a gevrey character. With time this opens up and shows more elegance and more of a fragrant, floral element. Showing better than the Barthod. ****

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Flight 3 (2 Notes)

Flight 4 (3 Notes)

  • 1993 Domaine Ghislaine Barthod Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Cras 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

    A touch reduced on the nose, but this seems to cure itself with air. Quite fragrant and a degree of freshness.Benefits from being served a bit cooler than the BB earlier. Prettier and more elegant. Lovely. Good red fruit, nice shape and decent length. Showing the same fresh grapefruit character on the nose as the 93 Mortet BB. ****

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  • 1998 Domaine Ghislaine Barthod Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Cras 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

    Rounder, more red fruited and slightly more relaxd and open on the nose. Really quite attractive. A little riper and rounder than the 01 BB. Less charm. Nonetheless, very drinkable. With air it does come across as a little lifted/polished. Doesn't quite show the quality that the first impression hinted at. ****

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  • 2002 Domaine Ghislaine Barthod Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Cras 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

    Very 2002 red fruited, generous, round, almost exuberant. Comes across on the palate as a little dusty and a little warm, but it's certainly quite fun in a slightly obvious way. I think I enjoyed it slightly less than others. ***1/2 for me now, though I can see **** whenit calms down and shows some development.

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