2016, Domaine Marquis d'Angerville, VOLNAY, 1er Cru, 'Clos des Ducs'

Interestingly, this seems to possess elements of all three of the preceding wines as the cool and ultra-elegant nose exhibits a broad range of spice and floral elements on the black cherry and plum-suffused aromas. There is almost painful intensity to the chiseled, focused and stony medium weight flavours that coat the palate with dry extract on the youthfully austere, powerful and very serious finish. This is very clearly built to age and a wine that should really not be touched for at least a decade. In a word, terrific. Don’t miss! Outstanding. 93-95 Burghound.

Complex but youthfully restrained aromas of cassis, blueberry, violet and liquorice, with a spicy element that Guillaume d'Angerville attributes to the vineyard. Super-concentrated wine with compelling sweetness and energy. An impeccably balanced, potentially great Volnay. Guillaume d'Angerville believes that the vines' windy situation high up on the hillside protected them against the frost in April. 93-96 Stephen Tanzer.