Henri Giraud is dedicated to revive the
"Great Wines of Champagne"

A CHAMPAGNE ICON

Contemporary Champagne house with a commitment to return to the excellence of “Great Wines of Champagne”, Henri Giraud is highly praised by wine lovers, prestige consumers and sommeliers alike. Listed in the most prestige restaurants around the world, from Paris to New York, London, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo, its unique signature style makes it an outstanding gastronomic Champagne.

Champagne Giraud brings the quintessence of Pinot Noir and of the
exceptional Aÿ Grand Cru terroir. Its distinctive identity is elevated by the unapologetic use of oak from Champagne’s Argonne forest during the vinification and raising of its Champagnes. It results in Champagne of strong personality, unique saltiness, minerality and energy.

SINCE 1625

Champagne Giraud can trace its history as far back as 1625 when François Hémart settled in the village of Aÿ in the heart of Champagne, and acquired vines. The history of the family is deeply rooted with the terroir of exception of Aÿ and intimately mixed with the extraordinary epic of Champagne.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Léon Giraud, cuirassier of the Marne Battle, married a young lady Hémart. He rebuilt the magnificent vineyard of the family that had just been devastated by phylloxera and First World War.

"Nothing forbidden, nothing obliged;

make good wine, simply."

- Claude Giraud

A Family matter

Claude Giraud, President of Champagne Giraud, took over the management of the house from his father in 1990. Under his unique vision of what should be a prestige Champagne, he recreated the “Grands Vins de Champagne”, especially by using Argonne oak to vinify his Champagnes. A unique feature of the House.

Sebastien Le Golvet, pioneering cellar master of the house, is leading the latest innovations: vinification in small containers, like oak barrels, sandstone amphora. He is especially overlooking the making of the oak barrel that he will use to elevate the expression of this Champagnes. From the selection of the oak trees in the Argonne forest to their toasting.

"The finest Champagne house virtually

no one has ever heard of."

- Robert Parker

Aÿ Grand Cru

Located in the HEART OF CHAMPAGNE
in the middle of Montagne de Reims, Côte des Blancs
and Vallée de la Marne, one of the 17 GRANG CRUS OF CHAMPAGNE Considered as the « KINGDOM OF PINOT NOIR » with a soil composition of 20 cm of arable land, 200 meters chalk, the purest chalk in Champagne formed in the Campanian era (75 million years ago) sedimentary Rock, Limestone poor, soft & porous.
Aÿ is the only terroir having Grand Cru recognition for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Vinification and aging in oak barrels from Argonne

With all the global problems our planet faces today,
communities of people concerned with them are growing
to prevent the negative impact.

A unique understanding
of oak terroir