Jay Kline

9.5

The Bart family is based in Marsannay and most famous for wines from their own village. However, like many OG families in Burgundy, they often have holdings in other areas. In the case of the Barts, they have holdings in Fixin, and even a couple of Grand Cru vineyards: Clos de Beze and Bonnes Mares. Their holdings in Bonnes Mares amount to a little over two acres that were inherited through the Clair side of the family. The vines are on the Chambolle Musigny side, right next to Comte Georges de Vogüe, and almost half of the vines are over 100 years old.

This bottle was opened sometime prior to dinner by our host. The 2016 pours a ruby color with a transparent core; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears and some signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of kirsch, black plum, mixed brambles, musk, red and purple flowers, sous bois and fine warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and the texture is silky; elegant. Every now and again, a wine comes into your life when you least expect it and leaves such an impression that you can’t stop thinking about it. This is one of those wines. I want more of this in my life. Drink now and take your time with it, through 2046+? — 16 days ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.3

Deeper and riper than many a #pinotnoir from #burgundy but this is so precise and so fine. I was really surprised by the amazing quality of a #village wine. — 5 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Chateau is a 17 hectare estate located at the extreme east of the village of Saint-Emilion. A blend of about 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc with rich aromas of red fruits and cedar spice. On the palate flavors of black cherry, currants and blackberry with notes of licorice, tobacco and leather noting toasty notes. Fine tannins, long finish ending with fruit and toasty character. Very Nice. Drinking well now! — 5 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.2

Not an everyday village. This is an absolutely epic red burg even when this young! A wine I just wanted to smell all knight. — 6 years ago

web bond

9.1

Delicious wine especially given cost upon release in relation to neighbors in the village. — 6 years ago

George Cyriac

9.0

Won’t disappoint for village level! — 7 years ago

Scott Taddeo

9.2

Liquid violets, lavender, mulberry, blueberry and a hum of nutty oak. Fruit is much plusher than the village wine. Fine web of lacy tannin from front to back. Delicious drinking. — 7 years ago

Billy L.

9.2

2019 Village — 9 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Yesterday, Stage 7 of this years Tour de France was an exciting Time Trial through a famous section of the Côte-d’Or. The riders started in the village of Nuits-Saint-Georges and finished just up the road in Gevrey-Chambertin. Naturally, I felt compelled to open this beauty from Thibault Liger-Belair. “La Charmotte” is a tiny, 0.40ha (basically a single acre) vineyard right on the border of the 1er crus of Argilats and Bousselots that was planted in 1962.

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of six hours. The 2019 “La Charmotte” pours a deep, slightly hazy ruby, thanks to some fine sediment. But otherwise a transparent core with medium viscosity and no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with gorgeous, perfectly ripened strawberries and raspberries, cranberries, exotic spices, a radical assortment of red flowers, porchini and soft baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannins and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+ and super satisfying.

A touch of Vosne-Romanée with the skeleton of Nuits-Saint-Georges, this is a serious village wine with impeccable texture. For all the super nerds out there, Thibault uses 40% whole cluster for this wine, aged 18 months in French oak barrels, less than half of which are new. Drink now through 2034 easy.
— 2 years ago

Aravind A

9.3

Pop and 1 hr slow ox before tasting. On the nose: denser and more tightly wound than the 17, but still darn good: soft earth, a suggestion of coffee toast, black raspberry, soft spiced plum. On the palate: fantastic acidity, blackberry, strawberry leaf, soft, but very bright coffee notes, and finely grained tannin on the finish. This is a village wine, but it definitely seems structured to improve with some short term aging. Yum. — 5 years ago

Benoit Duhamel

9.0

Les dégustations me manquent…. Alors seul à la maison avec Laurence on se fait une petite dégustation à l’aveugle de 4 bourgognes village
2017.

fruit assez pur au nez, un mélange de fraises
des champs, cerise, griottes avec un mélange d’épices et de roses Une bonne structure avec une belle attaque en bouche. Longueur moyenne.


Mon ordre de préférence

Perrot Minot La Justice des Seuvrées
Bruno Clair Chambolle Musigny Les Veroilles
Roumier Chambolle Musigny
Ponsot Morey St-Denis Cuvée des Grives — 6 years ago

Hanibal

9.1

I decided to revisit a bottle that was the winner of our horizontal tasting of MSD 2016 village (10 producers tasted blind by 10 participants). And once again this is a hit for a village. Lots of complexity, licorice, spices and red fruits... more than satisfactory length for this level of appellation. — 6 years ago

Shea Coulson

9.1

Quite open and delicious with bright fruit and tangy acidity. A classic Morey village showing many good qualities of the vintage. — 7 years ago

Gregory Fulchiero

9.0

Well made village NSG. Ripe red fruit, cinnamon, herbs de Provence, and sweet incense. — 2 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.0

Not like the Gouges of old. Supple, round, and approachable with a lick of fine tannin at the end. Simple and more bourgogne level than Village. — 3 years ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.3

Nice bottle for $50.00, decant an hour so & you’re set
Info I found on the dark web as follows,

This property possesses 16 hectares of vines (60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc) and was purchased in 1978 by Comte Léo de Malet Roquefort, the owner of Château La Gaffelière. In June 2011 it was acquired by the Clarence Dillon group, which also owns Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion. Its new owner decided to rename the property, starting with the 2011 vintage. Château Tertre Daugay, the fifth cru classé to be acquired by the Clarence Dillon group, became Château Quintus.The property is located on a high promontory that forms the edge of the Saint Emilion plateau. It commands a panoramic view far into the distance of the surrounding villages and the Dordogne Valley. It is here that, since time immemorial, a watchtower has stood to guard the village of Saint Emilion. The exceptional microclimate is due to the area's diversity in terms of soil, slopes and orientation. Consequently, it comes as no surprise that in 1844 and 1848 the wine was among the 14 most sought-after and expensive in Saint Emilion. For nearly a century, Bordeaux et ses Vins, the standard reference work produced by Cocks and Féret, listed the property as a Saint Emilion Premier Cru. The property was also one of the prestigious vineyards in Saint Emilion to win a gold medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867. — 4 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

A tasty Gibourg that drinks above its village level showing good balance & length with notes of cherry, cranberry, mineral, savory spices & violet. — 6 years ago

Pierre Gourinchas

8.9

Smooth but underpowered. A good village. — 6 years ago

Will Stanley

9.3

This was a superb village Burgundy that punched well above its weight. At first reticent, but opened up nicely to become a vibrant, acidic, fruity pinot noir that would probably benefit from some years lying down still. — 7 years ago

Matt

9.1

Always been a go-to producer for me in terms of price, drinkability, and sense of place. This had all the MSD character I look for in village wines with generous fruit and weight to make it a no fuss experience. Some reduction and brett dominated but blew off quickly letting its leathery and brambly, sous bois fruity character shine through. One foot in rustic, one foot in conventional, this had a well rounded mix of what I like when I reach for this village. — 7 years ago