Domaine Marquis d’Angerville Volnay 2023
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The Land
D'Angerville's village Volnay comes from older vines than most of its premier crus. The domaine owns just 0.49 hectares of village land, split between two parcels, Pluchots and Grand Champs, and those vines average 60 to 65 years old. Only Clos des Angles among the premier cru holdings is as old. Volnay itself sits between Pommard and Meursault on the Côte de Beaune, a limestone hillside known for the most fragrant, finely built Pinot Noir in the southern Côte d'Or. Old vines in village sites root deep and crop small on their own, so this bottling carries more concentration than its appellation suggests. It is the domaine's style at the most reachable price.
The Wine
The Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 2023 is 100% Pinot Noir, made exactly like the premier crus: fully destemmed, fermented for 16 to 18 days with pump-overs only, then raised in barrel. 2023 was a warm, abundant year in the Côte de Beaune. D'Angerville began its harvest on September 5, did no green harvesting, sorted only lightly for dried berries and still averaged about 40 hl/ha. Bottling came earlier than usual to hold onto freshness. The wine shows ripe black cherry fruit, spice in the aromatics and a lively, juicy finish, ripe but never heavy. Drink it from now through about 2030, and give it half an hour of air.
The People
Sem, Marquis d'Angerville, was bottling his own Volnay at the domaine when most Burgundy still left the village in a négociant's barrel. Alongside Henri Gouges and Armand Rousseau, he led the move to domaine bottling through the hard years of the late 1920s and early 1930s, and he looked abroad for customers, starting with the United States. His grandson Guillaume now runs the domaine, with François Duvivier in charge of vines and cellar since 2005 and biodynamic farming across every parcel, this village wine included.
Food Pairing
Village Volnay is the most versatile wine d'Angerville makes. Sear duck breast skin-side down until crisp and serve it with a cherry pan sauce; the black cherry fruit matches. Mushroom pizza with fontina and thyme suits its earthy side on a weeknight. Grilled salmon with a mustard glaze shows how well Volnay handles fish with some fat. A roast pork shoulder with fennel and garlic covers the Sunday dinner. This is the bottle to pour when friends ask what Burgundy tastes like and you want to show them the real thing.
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Domaine Marquis d’Angerville
- Est.1804
- RegionBurgundy - Cote d'Or
- FarmingFarming - Certified Biodynamic
- In stock17 wines →
Burgundy, in eastern France, encompasses several subregions, but it is the Côte d'Or that is home to many of the world's most expensive and revered wines. The region, primarily a single east-facing slope, has mixed limestone soils that vary dramatically from village to village and even vineyard to vineyard. White wines, crafted from Chardonnay, range from rich and opulent to lean and intensely mineral, while Pinot Noir produces silky, perfumed red wines of exceptional finesse and complexity. Centuries of winemaking tradition have resulted in every plot being meticulously recognized and scrutinized, making the Côte d'Or a true capital of terroir.
Burgundy - Cote d'Or
Pinot Noir is a thin-skinned, notoriously difficult-to-grow, low-yielding grape that finds its ancestral home in Burgundy, France, where it produces some of the world's most elegant and nuanced wines. While Burgundy remains its spiritual heartland, Pinot Noir has since traveled the globe, finding success in other cooler climates, notably in California, Oregon, New Zealand, and Germany. This grape is a challenge for any grower, as it requires specific conditions to show its best, and yet the wines it produces are capable of such a captivating and singular character.
Pinot Noir
Certified Biodynamic vineyard farming is a holistic approach building upon organic principles, viewing the vineyard as a self-contained ecosystem influenced by cosmic rhythms. Based on Rudolf Steiner's teachings, it integrates precise agricultural methods with lunar and astrological calendars, using natural preparations from herbs, minerals, and manure to enhance soil and plant health. Certification by organizations like Demeter International requires rigorous inspections to ensure strict compliance. Biodynamic farming seeks not only high-quality wines but also ecological harmony, sustainability, and deeper connections among land, plants, animals, and humans.
