Barthod Bourgogne Blanc Les Graviers 2023

This 2023 marks our second allocation of Barthod’s Bourgogne Blanc. In the mid-to-late 2010s, Ghislaine and Clément planted a 0.5-hectare parcel on the edge of Chambolle-Musigny to Chardonnay, thereby giving the Estate its first-ever commercially available white wine (the Domaine has made a tiny volume of white from old vines of Pinot Beurot and Chardonnay in Chambolle for many years, but that’s only for the family). Les Graviers’ vines lie close to the Domaine’s Les Bon Batons vineyard which supplies the Bourgogne Rouge. The name points to the stony nature of the vineyard, and the 2020 harvest marked the wine’s first release. Clément has now settled on an aging regime of 50% used, 500-litre oak barrels and 50% terracotta. The freshness, core of ripe citrus and orchard fruit and precision are lovely in the 2023, as is the finishing intensity. Importer note