Ghislaine Barthod

Region of Production: Côte de Nuits

Winery Location: Chambolle-Musigny

Year Established: 1920s

Summary: Ghislaine Barthod joined her father Gaston at the family domaine in 1986, and over the next 10 years she gradually took the reigns and steadily improved the quality and renown of her family’s wines. The domaine’s vineyards have a high average vine age, and vines are replanted by selection massale. The vineyards are plowed and trained in single Guyot, and a green harvest limits yields. Even with no grand cru holdings, this domaine is a benchmark in Chambolle-Musigny, and the wines are textbook examples of the commune: perfumed and graceful, with each premier cru bottling offering a lesson in the terroir of the village. The difficulty in obtaining the wines is a testament to the quality of Ghislaine’s work in the past few decades.

Key Vineyard Holdings: 7 hectares

Chambolle-Musigny Les Charmes Premier Cru: 0.25 ha Pinot Noir; 75-year-old vines
Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras Premier Cru: 0.86 ha Pinot Noir; 65-year-old vines
Chambolle-Musigny Les Fuées Premier Cru: 0.24 ha Pinot Noir; 60-year-old vines
Chambolle-Musigny Les Véroilles Premier Cru: 0.37 ha Pinot Noir; 50-year-old vines
Chambolle-Musigny Aux Beaux Bruns Premier Cru: 0.73 ha Pinot Noir; 45-year-old vines
Chambolle-Musigny Les Gruenchers Premier Cru: 0.19 ha Pinot Noir

Average Total Production: Unknown

Top Wines Produced & Inaugural Vintages:

Chambolle-Musigny Les Charmes Premier Cru
Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras Premier Cru
Chambolle-Musigny Les Fuées Premier Cru
Chambolle-Musigny Les Véroilles Premier Cru
Chambolle-Musigny Aux Beaux Bruns Premier Cru
Chambolle-Musigny Aux Combottes Premier Cru: Bottled separately in exceptional vintages, otherwise blended into village wine.
Chambolle-Musigny Les Gruenchers Premier Cru: Inaugural vintage 2010.

Brief Description of Style & Vinification Techniques: Ghislaine harvests late for full ripeness, but she is wary of over-ripeness. The grapes are usually de-stemmed completely, and only native yeasts are used. The wines are vinified in stainless steel with fermentations starting cool and slow. After pressing, the wines are aged in up to 20-25% new oak for 20 months prior to bottling without fining or filtration.

Importer Website:Rosenthal Wine Merchant

Producer Website: N/A