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Ghislaine Barthod
Chambolle-Musigny · Burgundy · France
In Chambolle-Musigny, Ghislaine Barthod farms roughly 5.8 hectares of Pinot Noir that have become a quiet reference for the village’s perfume and fine tannin. The domaine descends from Barthod-Noëllat, begun when Gaston Barthod married into the Noëllat family; Ghislaine joined in the 1980s and took full charge around 1999. She and her partner Louis Boillot share a cellar and vineyard team in Chambolle, with their son Clément increasingly guiding both houses. The range is built around a village blend and a suite of Premier Crus — among them Les Cras, Les Fuées, Les Baudes and Les Charmes — vinified plot by plot with traditional long élevage and measured new oak.
“Farming stays close to the soil, yields kept modest so that Chambolle’s floral line can show.”
The wines are elegant and age-worthy rather than showy: red fruit, rose petal and a mineral thread that opens slowly in bottle. Spelling note for catalogues: the domaine is Ghislaine, not Gislaine.
