Scents of ripe blackberry and beet root in the Camille Giroud 2006 Nuits-St.-Georges Vaucrains follow onto a firm but expansive palate, underlain by roasted game and crushed stone. This has impressive depth, and its structure is based on fine-grained tannin and ample primary, juicy fresh fruit that lend it vivacity. I suspect it will merit following for half a dozen years. David Croix racked his 2006s into tank earlier than normal in an attempt to preserve the maximum of fruit. (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. A Gevrey-Chambertin En Champs was too reduced from tank when I last tasted it to adequately access, but it definitely displayed potential and reflected its old vines of a tiny-berried selection; while a Clos Vougeot from purchased fruit was stuck in protracted malo.) A Becky Wasserman Selection, Le Serbet (various importers); fax 011-333-80-24-29-70