Ghislaine Barthod, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Cras, 2013 (1.5L) so060226 20 under $20 offer A benchmark Oregon Chardonnay rooted

A benchmark Oregon Chardonnay rooted in thoughtful hands

transformed the family operation after a pivotal vintage in Burgundy in the early 1980s

and spices for a profile that’s aromatic

and it produces one of southern Italy's lightest and most refreshing reds

mineral cut that keeps it fresh

Ghislaine Barthod, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Cras, 2013 (1.5L) so060226 20 under $20 offer A benchmark Oregon Chardonnay rooted2013 made some of the prettiest wines in the Cote de Nuits, and Les Cras is the Chambolle premier cru that gives all that prettiness something to hold onto. A cold, wet spring and poor flowering cut the crop roughly in half and pushed picking into October, so the reds came in light on tannin and long on freshness, graceful rather than grand, with Chambolle among the villages that fared best. Barthod's parcel is 0. 86 hectares on the upper slope