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Camille-Giroud had a long history as a négociant that released powerful, very long-lived wines. In 2000, it was sold to a group of American investors, and David Croix installed as director, who, to put it simply, is a genius, and made a raft of great wines until his departure in 2016. His successor is Carel Voorhuis, who is crafting similarly pure, seductive and terroir-driven wines.
Carel reports that 2022 was an easy vintage to work. It was dry and hot, but without the stress of 2019 or 2020. Rain came at the right time in June and a little in August, and the vines adapted to the dry winter and spring by pushing their roots deeper, and producing fewer leaves; he was surprised by how well they coped. There was little drought stress, and the wines are not as solar and hot as he feared, showing instead a balance and freshness that surprised and delighted him.
He was careful to preserve this freshness, of course: white grapes were pressed whole, as the phenolics in the skins make for heavier, murkier wines. For the reds there was on average 30% more whole-bunch fermentation than in the past, and less punching down to prevent the extraction of jammy flavours from the skins. Considering the heat, alcohol levels were moderate, rarely reaching 14%.
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