January 4, 2024 - Lovely melange of red fruits, quite precise but with the power of the vintage adding a dash of hedonism. A true Chambolle in the Barthod style. Entering its peak window with some air (deepened appreciably over 30 mins in glass).
September 28, 2023 - A dark colour and a very full and concentrated palate of dark fruit, intense and long. Excellent now, full and meaty, and starting to develop more complex and savoury notes. Should continue to do so over the next 5+ years.
September 5, 2022 - Medium red colour; quite full and dense on the palate, with redcurrant fruit and some residual tannin holding it back. Fine, elegant and poised. Good to drink now, but probably best left for 2+ years to develop further.
May 8, 2022 - My first of this vintage, drunk over two evenings 48 hours apart, and there was quite a contrast as the wine developed considerably in the interim.
On the first evening, it had a red/garnet colour, and the fruit was redcurrant, raspberry and a hint of blueberry. There were some more developed savoury elements and there was also some tannin holding it back. Perhaps 91/100.
By the second evening it had opened out considerably. The colour seemed darker, as did the fruit, and the wine was quite meaty and long. Definitely a step up. Upgrade to 92/100.
Overall, this suggests that the wine is good now but will improve with more time.
April 23, 2022 - Terreux, fruits noirs et bleus, du poivre, une bouche magnifique, assez puissante et allant avec le style de la maison, intense et émergiqie mais avec une belle finesse, bel équilibre et une belle finale persistante. 93-94
Slightly earthy, dark and blue fruit, spices and pepper, fairly powerful palate, intense yet precise flavours, energy and yet finesse, nicely balanced with a long persistent and gorgeous finish.
February 8, 2022 - Lovely lifted fruit .
January 11, 2022 - This is excellent stuff; the nose took about 15 minutes before it really took off, but it was stellar from there. Classic Chambolle with beautiful red fruits, floral notes, minerality, a hint of spice. Not much in the way of secondary development really. The balance is perfect, ripe, but not even close to overripe, concentrated and intense with a long finish. Great 1er cru wine with upside.
November 7, 2021 - Chez Said: Beautiful dark Pinot fruit, soil and minerality. The tannins are well integrated, good structure and tension, pretty masculine Chambolle approach as often with Barthod wines. A perfect bottle.
Drank it alongside a Gouges Porrets 2009 which has been much more advanced and started to decline.
June 3, 2021 - Wonderful nose of soil and dark Pinot fruit, on the palate a fully ripe wine with round tannins, but keeping the structure and not being dull, again soil and dark cherry fruit, mouth coating, much different compared to the Barthod „Coteaux“ wines (Veroilles, Cras, Fuées). A wine which is straight at the point and fully accessible.
December 31, 2020 - Ripe and elegant, though not the most complex. Chambolle perfume of earth and blue fruits for the front of the wine, with a medium body and finish. I'm not sure what more age will do for this one, but all of the primary flavor players are present at this time.