I would rank Barthod near the very top. My favorite is JF Mugnier but it is totally bonkers financially. Roumier is the same. You should include Drouhin also. Those wines are extremely well made and delicious.
Agree re groffier. For too long, people seemed to look down on his wines for being somehow too modern, whatever that means. If modern means people fighting to get more every time you serve one then I’m all for modern.
A 2010 Amiot-Servelle Derrière la Grange was my Burgundy epiphany wine (an experience I thought I might never have as my budget is limited). If a producer like that doesn’t make it to a list like this, I clearly have a lot to explore.
I like Hudelot-Noellat’s villages Chambolle and his Charmes. I also like Cecile Tremblay’s village Chambolle (Cabottes) and her Feusselottes. And, of course, Mugneret-Gibourg makes a fantastic Feusselottes.
Dujac is not really a Chambolle-M. producer (rather Morey-St-Denis), although he makes a village and Gruenchers - and Bonnes-Mares.
For this reason you have to include Fourrier, Bertheau, Perrot-Minot, Jean-Jacques Confuron, Moine-Hudelot, Faiveley and even Prieur -
and all better producers of Bonnes-Mares (like Clair, Vougeraie, d´Auvenay and Leroy, Mortet, Bart)
and even Magnien, Jadot and Bouchard Pere for 1er Crus.
You cannot ignore Vogüé with his huge parcel of Musigny - which sometimes can be stunning, but also puzzling.
Even though it doesn’t get high critical scores, I have been really impressed by the Bertheau I have tried so far (limited amount). Not only is it good, it really lives up to the stereotype of Chambolle-Musigny in a good way – a much lighter, more transparent, more elegant wine that still has a sneaky intensity and power to it. It seems very reliable in delivering that quality which is very hard to find in other villages or regions. Some Chambolle-Musigny producers don’t seem to deliver the typicity as reliably.
I agree especially given how much less expensive the wines are compared to the aforementioned. As such we have more Barthod than any other Producer.
And we might as well add Louis Boillot to the list as well. My understanding is his Chambolle-Village originates, at least partially if not entirely, from the Beaux Bruns lieu-dit(not the 1er Cru section of vineyard), but is not commercialized as a lieu-dit. A 2010 was arguably the most delicious Village wine from this Summer. And the prices are(were?!?) even more attractive than most other Chambolle producers.
I cellar considerable Ghislaine Barthod - in fact, I have more of these wines than any other producer in my cellar. Even at $200/bottle they are a bargain given the quality level. The problem with Barthod is getting them.
The wines are often impressive young but need very long to reach maturity - if ever. I rarely had a mature Musigny Vogüe (yes, 1978), but several that were closed, immature - or simply astringent l