1999 Domaine Ghislaine Barthod Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 92 points

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  3/16/2024 - vulgar little monkey wrote: 95 Points

  Well, this time I did wait 5 years to try another bottle, and boy did it pay off. Really the whole reason to spend all the resources on cellaring wines is to experience bottles like this. In the intervening years, it has developed that elusive "bottle sweetness" around the velvet fruit. Dried flowers and spice whisper as the autumnal forest floor beckons. Still the pure fruit that makes Charmes so lovely, but relaxed. Everything in perfect harmony. One note seamlessly melds into the next and the aromas coat the glass after the last sip is gone. While I'm sure it will age gracefully, I think this wine is absolutely perfect now.

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  9/17/2022 - Pancreatitis wrote:

  Youthfully dark purple red.
  Dark toned nose of sous bois, savoury, spicy, smoky, black cardamom, charcuterie, surprisingly robust and masculine.
  This is all mirrored in a very savoury, masculine palate, black olive tapenade, somehow more Rhone-like at this stage in its development, though structurally resolved with bright acidity and intense concentration.
  This is a Ute toned a delicious wine but the degree of savoury masculinity surprises me.

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  12/29/2020 - Pancreatitis wrote:

  Perfectly mature, sweet red berries, spice. Lovely.

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  10/5/2019 - vulgar little monkey wrote: 92 Points

  Well, I didn't wait 5 more years. We needed this for comparison with another 1999 Burgundy at the Souther Jeeb. It showed pretty much like my bottle from 2018. Deeply concentrated and with that "almost medicinal" thing that Tanzer likes to use. Seriously, I'm going to wait a few years next time.

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  9/28/2018 - vulgar little monkey wrote: 92 Points

  Still saturated dark ruby color. Nose has red fruits, but on the darker end, flowers a bit of herbs and a mineral tinge around the edges. As it opens it gets richer and fuller, but still within the context of a Barthod wine. Eventually, it circles back around and starts shutting down without ever fully opening. I was surprised at how young this showed especially when compared to the 1999 Mugnier Fuées from a few weeks ago which was spicier and gentler. This is muscular, especially for Charmes, and denser in fruit than the Fuées from Mugnier (or my memory of my last Barthod Fuées) for example. I'm thinking this needs maybe 5 more years for the tannin to subside and if it resolves the way I hope it will, it should become excellent.

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