The Camille Giroud 2006 Beaune Cent-Vignes – in tank when I tasted it – displayed a much healthier color than its Les Cras counterpart and fresh, ripe, but tart cherry and high-toned almond extract such as one expects from its site. Suggestions of mint and humus hover in the background; and beneath a refreshing, berry-bright palate runs a stony undercurrent with a hint of cherry pit bitterness. This (for now, at least) simple but satisfying expression of its site should, I suspect, be enjoyed over then next 5-7 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