Domaine Giraud
Châteauneuf-du-Pape | France
The ‘domaine’ saw the light of day thanks to
Pierre and Mireille’s zeal and two families coming together. Pierre
Giraud is the son of a long line of winegrowers going back more than
six centuries. Descendent of the Armenier family, he’s always tended
his vineyard with loving care. The Buou family owned the village
distillery for generations; Mireille has always worked alongside her
husband helping to expand the vineyard. The story begins in 1974
when Pierre and Mireille took on 10 acres of vines as tenant
farmers. For 12 years, the domaine would grow little by little
through purchasing pieces of rented land. In 1981, Pierre and
Mireille turned the family distillery into a winemaking and barrel
aging cellar. That same year the domaine’s first vintage would be
born. Today Pierre and Mireille take care of 20 acres of 100yr old
vines found on the Crau plateau, Les Terres Blanches (White Earth,)
the Gallimardes and the sandy soils around Pignan in the Rayas area.
In 1998 Pierre was ready to pass on his love of the vine and wine to
his children. Marie and Francois took on the estate hand in hand.
Under their parents watchful eye, they devoted themselves to tending
vines and winemaking.
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332-1995