Camille Giroud

95 - Clear lemon yellow colour. The bouquet shows a stony character with some energy. This is very incisive with purity, ripe apple intensity, and ...

97 Still a very fresh purple with a bouquet that is almost as fine as the first wine. In fact, it is the purer of the two. A superb and refined sen...

2019, Chambertin Grand Cru, Maison Camille Giroud 94-96 Rich dense solid middle, this has an element of the necessary majesty. 50% whole bu...

2019, Chambertin Grand Cru, Maison Camille Giroud 94-96 Rich dense solid middle, this has an element of the necessary majesty. 50% whole bunc...

 87-90 From the excellent Hautés and Macabrée vineyards as always. Attractive mid lemon colour. The bouquet is very stylish, with a perfect degree ...

5 Star Wine 2020, Beaune Aux Cras 1er Cru, 92-94 Rich dense purple, the nose is more alluring than the Avaux at this stage. 100% whole bunch may ex...

2020, Beaune Les Avaux 1er Cru, 89-92 Rich vivid imperial purple, there is massive concentration to this wine but the nose is hiding. Carel Voorhui...

86-88 From Camille Giroud’s usual supplier of biodynamic old vines in Aligoté, picked later. Today, a touch of sulphur blocks the nose, very zingy ...

2020, Chambertin Grand Cru, 93-96 3 barrels made, with 50% whole bunches. Very dense and dark colour, the power rather hiding the fruit at the mome...

2020, Chambolle-Musigny Borniques 1er Cru, 92-95 40% whole bunch but much less evident than for example the Godelles. More crimson than purple, wit...

2020, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru, 93-96 This cuvée arrived in grape form and has been vinified with two thirds whole bunches. Huge ripe rich purp...

2020, Chassagne-Montrachet Clos St-Jean 1er Cru, 90-93 Pale lemon colour. The nose is very lightly reductive, with a definite tang of clean ripe fr...

2020, Chassagne-Montrachet Vergers 1er Cru, 91-94 Clear pale lemon yellow. There is an attractive weight of white fruit, still with a chiselled not...

2020, Chassagne-Montrachet Tonton Marcel 1er Cru, 92-94 Mid lemon yellow. Notably more character here, positively interesting. Some less ripe notes...

2020, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru, 92-96 Blended from two suppliers. Black and purple, with a powerful bouquet which shows the wood a little, though thi...

2020, Corton Le Rognet Grand Cru, 92-94 50% whole bunch. Fine powerful purple while the stems liven up the bouquet. This is showing by some way th...

2020, Corton Renardes Grand Cru, 89-91 One single barrel. Powerful deep purple. A very solid if super-ripe bouquet, liqueur raspberry and sun-dried...

2020, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, 92-95 The Corton-Charlemagne bottling has been boosted by two extra barrels from En Charlemagne this year. Clea...

5 Star Wine 2020, Gevrey-Chambertin Les Crais, 92-94 kr. 25% whole bunch vinification shows quite prominently on the nose, while the very low yield...

2020, Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaut St-Jacques 1er Cru, 93-96 100% whole bunch vinification, as usual for this cuvée. A fine glowing mid purple, with a ...

87-89 Pale to mid lemon in colour. There is a little bit of sunshine in the fruit on the nose, attractively so, medium bodied, white fruit up front...

2020, Ladoix Gréchons 1er Cru, 90-92 New this year. An excellent white wine terroir on marl. This has a very interesting bouquet, a touch of bacon ...

2020, Ladoix Les Chaillots, 87-89 First to be picked, at 13.5% and needed picking. A very rich intense purple. Solid intense raspberry, quite fierc...

2020, Marsannay Les Longeroies, 85-86 Very dense imperial purple, this wine was picked relatively late and is around 14%. Black fruit notes, quite ...

2020, Mercurey Clos Voyens 1er Cru, 88-90 Grown on a stony site at higher altitude. Rich purple colour, a little more depth of raspberry fruit than...

86-89 Sourced from a late ripening site on the limestone plateau. This has taken the oak a little bit though has now been racked to tank. Intense w...

86-88 Full mid purple, pleasing ripe raspberry fruit, surprising concentration without rusticity or undue heat. Grown on the lower slopes of Mercur...

2020, Meursault Les Vireuils, 89-92 Mid lemon colour. There is some weight of ripe fruit apparent on the nose, after which the wine tightens up con...

5 Star Wine 2020, Morey-St-Denis ‘Clos des Godelles’ 1er Cru, 93-96  40% whole bunch, which has kept the colour not too dense and produces what is ...

2020, Pommard Cras, 90-93 From old vines, with a north-south orientation which is good in these hotter years. Medium dense bright purple. I like th...

2020, Puligny-Montrachet Les Referts 1er Cru, 90-93 A new wine in 2020. Mid yellow. A certain weight of fruit, relatively ripe, from this lower slo...

89-91  Fine pale lemon and lime. Very clean and clear cut yet with a little sunshine. There are some yellow plum notes on top of a fresh apple base...

2020, Santenay, 87-90 Pale lemon colour, attractively perfumed nose, lightly smoky, then a greener, more saline touch. No more than medium body, th...

88-91 45% whole bunch. Beautiful serene purple and the nose has been lifted by the whole bunches, to balance the ripeness. This also really stretch...

87-89 From the village part of Lurets and Cros Martin. A luxurious rich purple. The bouquet is a little more restrained. Very concentrated and migh...

5 Star Wine 2020, Vosne-Romanée Les Chalandins, 92-94 Extra dense purple. This is a cuvée which I tend to love here, could be almost too much in 20...