About Winery
"Camille Giroud has been transformed in recent years and is now the most exciting of the smaller negociants in Burgundy. In 2001 the family company was acquired by a consortium of American bankers, who, with Becky Wasserman's help, recruited the talented David Croix as winemaker. His first vintage was 2002. This is a man of great talent. The approach is `traditional,' that is, a minimum of new oak and late bottling. Increasingly, purchases are in fruit, and quality is very good indeed. Older vintages, such as those of the pre-1980s, are also very fine. If you can find them, grab them."
Clive Coates (The Wines of Burgundy)
"...In 2002 an American group headed by Joe Wender and Ann Colgin
purchased Camille Giroud. The job of winemaker, now régisseur, was given
to David Croix who arrived with a stellar recommendation from Benjamin
Leroux of the Domaine du Clos des Epeneaux.
What is fascinating
about the company is the presence of three generations of Burgundian
viticultural history. Lucien, president from 1942 through 1989, believed
that Burgundies must be properly aged. He favoured appellations such as
the tougher Nuits St. Georges premiers crus. He adored vintages such as 1976 and 1988.
Lucien's
wines illustrate his era. The brothers tried all the vinification
techniques of the nineties, batonnage of reds as well as whites yet the
respect for the Giroud style is still evident.
David Croix is
representative of his generation: clarity of terroir rather than a house
style, and an intuitive feeling for both appellations and the nature of
individual vintages.
The press has been very kind to Camille
Giroud and their wines have been well noted in two major publications -
Recommended Red Burgundies 2002 and 2003, Wine Spectator; 30 Recommended
Reds 2003, Decanter Magazine. In addition, David received extremely
positive reviews from Allen Meadows (Burghound.com), Bill Nanson
(Burgundy-Report.com), and elicited the following statement from Clive
Coates: "Here the genius is the 26 year old David Croix."
--- Becky Wasserman
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