Maison Camille Giroud “Les Chalandins” Vosne-Romanée ‘19

A Burgundy mainstay dating back to the mid-1800’s, Camille Giroud was a negociant until 1989 when the founder’s grandsons began to switch the focus to in-house production of wines from grapes grown by independent winegrowers or harvested directly from the estate’s own vineyards.

Originally the winery was outfitted with a wooden basket press and open wooden fermentation vats. Between 2001 and 2007, the estate underwent several large-scale changes, including the construction of a new vat house, complete with a sorting table, destemmer, stainless steel vats and pneumatic press. Old casks were also replaced with more modern barrels.  

The fruit is completely destemmed before fermentation, which is carried out using indigenous yeasts only. The wines are aged with only around 10-20% new oak and the racking is kept to a minimum.