1993 Domaine Ghislaine Barthod Chambolle-Musigny Les Beaux Bruns 1er Cru

This is the second time that I have tasted the 1993 Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru les Beaux Bruns in the last four years and I preferred this bottle. It is noticeably deep in color. There nose is very animated with still that cola-tinged black fruit that seems more controlled than the precious bottle. Like many 1993s, this has matured very gracefully and certainly this example, whilst I would not say is the most "natural" Ghislaine-Barthod wine that I have tried, here, I would not use the word "confected". It does not quite hold up in the glass as the best 1993s, so my suggestion is to drink this now and not too far in the future. Tasted September 2015.

The Chambolle-Musigny Aux Beaux Bruns is concentrated and intense. It displays an impressive, promising set of aromatics offering ripe fruit, oak, mineral, and spice scents, medium to full body, and fine structure and length. The 1993s from Ghislaine Barthod are successful wines, with enough ripe fruit extraction to balance out the vintage's tannic structure. They require 5-6 years of cellaring and should last for 12-15. Importer: Neal Rosenthal, Select Vineyards, Shekomeko, NY; tel. (800) 910-1990