Ghislaine Barthod, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Cras, 2012 (1.5L) gift-card-custom-template It's very dry

It's very dry

and this 2016 from Marchand-Tawse shows why

aged in a mix of large and small barrels

Vecchie Viti comes off roughly 80-year-old vines and sees 24 months in large Austrian oak botte

Serve neat or with minimal water to appreciate the complexity

Ghislaine Barthod, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Cras, 2012 (1.5L) gift-card-custom-template It's very dryLes Cras is the muscle of the Barthod range, and 2012 is the vintage that earns it. A cold, damp spring, ragged flowering and relentless mildew cut the Cote de Nuits crop hard, then fine weather from late August ripened what was left in a hurry, giving small yields, dense fruit and a real tannic frame. Ghislaine Barthod's 0. 86 hectare parcel sits on the upper part of the slope just above the village, on the same band of hill that carries Bonnes Mares