Tasted assembled from tank, Camille Giroud’s 2008 Santenay boasts fresh cherry, black raspberry, resin, and Latakia tobacco smokiness in the nose; abundant, ultra-bright, berry-tart fruit that saturates the palate; compact, fine-grained tannins; and a snappy, pungent, finishing exchange of fruit, herb, and chalky mineral notes. I suspect this will continue to give pleasure for at least 7-9 years. David Croix’s 2008 Camille Giroud collection was picked late; slow to evolve; and for the most part had not been bottled when I tasted in April. Although I missed out on a couple of wines in this year’s collection, the line-up from Camille Giroud was also smaller than in previous years. (I have not tasted the 2007s here. For details about the recent revival of Camille Giroud and about David Croix’s approach, readers are referred to reports in issues 160 and 170 respectively; and for reports on Croix’s own domaine, see under Domaine des Croix.) A Becky Wasserman Selection, Le Serbet (various importers); fax 011-333-80-24-29-70