(92-94 points) A broad-ranging, fresh and once again airy nose reluctantly reveals notes of cherry, raspberry, pomegranate, rose petal and soft spice and sandalwood nuances. The strikingly elegant and refined medium-bodied flavors seem to be built on a base of minerality before terminating in a wonderfully intense, saline and focused finale that delivers flat out stunning length. This moderately austere effort is very clearly built-to-age and it would be completely pointless to open a bottle before at least a decade has passed.

The 2014 les Cras was the most shut down wine in the range at Domaine Barthod this year, but Ghislaine observed “that the more mineral wines are always the first to close when the cellar starts to cool.” This is going to be a terrific wine with sufficient bottle age, as it offers up a pure and refined bouquet of cherries, red berries, fresh herb tones, a superb base of chalky minerality, nutskin and a topnote of roses. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure on the attack and reserved in profile, with a great core of fruit, fine-grained tannins and impeccable focus and balance on the very long, transparent and vibrant finish. A terrific wine in the making.

Full bright colour, with a slight green note to the otherwise red fruit. Brawny on the palate while still being a bit under-ripe. Yet the wine finishes on quite classy fruit and the concentration is there. Zesty, vibrant. Could give more later.

) Medium red Sexy oak spices complement aromas of strawberry, rose petal, licorice and earth Large-scaled, concentrated, creamy and rich; wonderfully generous and layered for the vintage, with its red fruit and spice flavors conveying captivating sweetness This very young wine finishes with big, ripe tannins and terrific saline persistence Some day this will be magnificent at the dinner table It's hard to believe that this fruit was picked with potential alcohol of just 123%

Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, Ghislaine Barthod's 2014 Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru les Cras has a slightly leathery, animally bouquet, but behind that is plenty of gutsy red fruit laced with pressed flowers. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, quite Morey-Saint-Denis in style in terms of structure, with a slightly tarry finish that needs more elegance to show through. I am certain that it will with time; indeed, the wine appeared to rapidly improve and gain cohesion in the glass as it aerated. Tasted September 2017.- NM