Domaine Marquis d'Angerville - Volnay 1er Cru 2020

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Producer	Domaine Marquis d'Angerville
Country	France
Region	Burgundy
Varietal	Pinot Noir
Vintage	2020
Sku	12106283
Size	750ml

 

WA

91-93

V

90-92

The wines of the Marquis d'Angerville are some of the very best expressions of the unique terroirs of the Volnay region of Burgundy. Their holdings in some of the best sites only add to the mystique and sheer quality of the wines here. Today Guillaume d’Angerville is at the helm of the estate which has been in the family since 1805.

​​His grandfather, Sem d’Angerville, began bottling the estate's wines himself to protest corrupt blending practices of the negociants at the time, one of the first Burgundy domains to estate bottle their wines. Today the estate is producing some of the best wines in the entire Cote d’Or.

A blend of equal parts Pitures and Mitans, d'Angerville's 2020 Volnay 1er Cru bursts with aromas of cherries, raspberries and plums mingled with rose petals and spices. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and precise, with lively acids and a long, elegantly chalky finish, it will offer a broad drinking window.

"We chose balance over so-called phenolic maturity," Guillaume d'Angerville declared as we began our tasting of his 2020s; and the vintage that on paper was the most extreme of the 2020-2019-2018 trio has in fact delivered the most fine-boned, pretty wines of them all. Perfumed, vibrant and beautifully balanced, this is a compellingly delicate, precise portfolio that comes warmly recommended.