2021 Volnay, Les Lurets, 1er Cru, Camille Giroud, Burgundy

2021 Volnay, Les Lurets, 1er Cru, Camille Giroud, Burgundy

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2021 Volnay, Les Lurets, 1er Cru, Camille Giroud, Burgundy

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Description

Lurets is a vineyard with cool, deep soils. Carel's fruit comes from the lower section of the Premier Cru, close to where it becomes a Village site. He was unable to use any whole bunch this year, but there is evident class, with sweet, ripe floral Volnay fruit to the fore and plenty of length.

Drink 2024 - 2032

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Critics reviews

Jasper Morris MW87-91/100

Medium crimson. The nose is out of sorts, a bit of oak, the fruit is less present and not quite fresh. Then starts to emerge. Particularly cherry like up front, sweeter raspberry behind, some crispness to the finish. I think at a difficult stage but there is good persistence, so should come through.

Drink 2025 - 2030

Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy.com (January 2023)

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Burghound89-92/100

This is aromatically similar to the Volnay Villages, if perhaps just a bit more floral in character. The equally sleek, intense, and delicious medium-weight flavours offer equally good minerality on the compact, tautly muscular, and while not exactly rustic in the finale, it would be fair to describe the supporting tannins as not especially refined. Even so, this is quite good in its fashion and should repay up to a decade of keeping.

Drink from 2029 onward

Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (April 2023)

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Neal Martin, Vinous87-89/100

The 2021 Volnay Les Lurets 1er Cru has a tightly knit nose at first, with mainly red fruit, baking powder and light kirsch aromas emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, fine acidity, and quite linear and taut. The season just denies the substance that would complete this Lurets on the finish.

Drink 2024 - 2033

Neal Martin, Vinous.com (January 2023)

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About this WINE

Maison Camille Giroud

Maison Camille Giroud

Established in 1865, Maison Camille Giroud has a rich heritage rooted in Burgundy’s winemaking tradition. Initially a specialist négociant, they sourced wines from esteemed growers across the renowned Côte d’Or region, ageing them meticulously in their cellars for decades to achieve peak maturity.

In 2001, a consortium, including Napa Valley winery owner Ann Colgin and wine investors, took over, aiming to blend tradition with modern techniques and a terroir-driven approach. This led to innovations, like wooden presses and open vats, under the dynamic winemaker David Croix.

Most wines continued to be crafted from carefully selected grapes, many from old vines. Their commitment to natural winemaking practices, including native yeast fermentation and minimal intervention, set them apart.

In 2016, Carel Voorhuis continued the legacy of crafting pure, terroir-driven wines, maintaining Maison Camille Giroud’s reputation for excellence in Burgundy.

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Volnay

Volnay

The finest and most elegant red wines of the Côte de Beaune are grown in Volnay, a village which might be twinned with Chambolle- Musigny in the Côte de Nuits, for the high active chalk content in the soil and comparatively low clay content.

Whereas in earlier times Volnay was made in a particularly light, early drinking style, these days there are many producers making wines which age extremely well. The best vineyards run either side of the RN73 trunk road.
  • 98 hectares of village Volnay
  • 115 hectares of Premier Cru vineyards (35 in all). The finest include Les Taillepieds, Clos des Chênes, Champans, Caillerets (including Clos des 60 Ouvrées) and Santenots in Meursault.
  • Recommended producers:  LafargeLafonde Montille

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Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.

Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.

The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.

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When is a wine ready to drink?

We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.

Not ready

These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.

Ready - youthful

These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.

Ready - at best

These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.

Ready - mature

These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.