The producer
The Camille Giroud maison was established in 1903, and until the middle of the 1900s was a negociant business buying wine only. Throughout 1900s different family members took lead of the running of the estate, started buying fruit instead of wine, and acquired the first vineyard plots in Beaune in 1993. The following years saw some expansion, but stability was never quite found and in 2001, investors bought out the remaining family members. Notable Burgundy personality Becky Wasserman oversaw the maison for some years, revamping the operation and renewing grape purchasing contracts to the immense benefit of the wines produced. Today wines are made in several Burgundian appellation.
The wine
Camille Giroud’s Clos Rousseau 1er cru is made from a small east-southeast facing vineyard plot of 70-year-old vines, at around 270-320 metres of altitude and in red clay loam soil. Made in a rather traditional way although with oak handling usually on the lighter side, this Clos Rousseau is often a very good value for money easy-drinking red burgundy.
