Last tasted from selected barrels, Barthod's 2006 Chambolle-Musigny Les Baudes is effusively and brightly cherry-fruited, with accents of mace, orange peel, cherry pit, and dark chocolate. Succulently sweet and texturally refined on the palate it brilliantly captures the vintage potential for uniting caress and refreshment, richness and buoyancy. I would expect this to gain complexity in bottle and be worth following for at least 6-8 years. Ghislaine Barthod's yields were low not only on account of hail (notably in Beaux Bruns and Charmes), she explained, but also on account of the relative paucity of juice in the berries. That said, as with so many of the best 2006s, Barthod's are generous and largely free of tannic severity. Importer: Rosenthal Wine Merchant, Pine Plains, NY; tel. (800) 910-1990