Ghislaine Barthod, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Fuees, 2011 FebBarbarescoOffer three years in large Slavonian

three years in large Slavonian and French oak (90% old casks)

The result is a 2016 of real density and proportion — sweet cherry and blackberry hemmed in by sturdy tannins

The result is generous and harmonious

though it still wants a decant

From the volcanic slopes of Sonoma's Moon Mountain District

Ghislaine Barthod, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Fuees, 2011 FebBarbarescoOffer three years in large SlavonianLes Fuees is the Barthod bottling that borrows from the grand cru next door. Her 0. 26 hectare parcel of vines now past seventy years old lies along the south west border of Bonnes Mares on the same oolitic limestone, with barely any topsoil over the rock, and the wine layers Chambolle's floral lift onto a deeper, earthier core you don't find in her other crus. 2011 was a cool, early picked year that produced fresh, aromatic, transparent reds rather