From our Importer: From a plot located in the commune of Volnay, in its eastern part, which is not on the hillside. The soils are quite deep, very clayey and not very calcareous. This plot of approximately 35 ares was historically exploited in sharecropping. The Domaine Marquis d'Angerville took over after the 2016 harvest. Vinified with the same care as the Premier Cru de Meursault. The age of the vines (around 30 years) allows them to give all their potential to the wine produced.

We’ve been fans of Domaine Marquis d’Angerville for as long as we’ve loved Burgundy and while there are other excellent expressions of Volnay, for us the identity of the village is encapsulated here. A list of their holdings touches all of the village’s great terroirs, including one of the most picturesque vineyards in Volnay and a monopole of the estate, Clos des Ducs.
The domaine started bottling its own production in the 1920s after the current Marquis’ grandfather, Sem d’Angerville, stood up to the negociants’ corrupt blending practices. As a result and in defiance of them, he became one of the first Burgundy domains to estate bottle their wines. Today the estate is led by Guillaume d’Angerville, farmed immaculately, and is producing some of the best wines in the entire Cote d’Or.

At just under 17 hectares of some of the greatest vineyards in Volnay, three generations of d’Angervilles have been producing wines that in the words of Clive Coates are “exemplary: pure, terroir specific, elegant and intense.”

All the 1er Cru plots are based on marl-limestone scree ideally exposed to the south-east. The often accentuated drop facilitates drainage and prevents excess humidity. The shallow depth of the soil and the work of the vine force it to plunge its roots deeply into the subsoil. These particularly stony grounds retain the solar heat to better restore it on the bunches and to promote their maturation.

The domaine began biodynamic farming in 2006, which was a priority for Guillaume after returning to the estate, they became certified in 2009.

The domaine farms 11.5 ha in Volnay 1er cru, 1ha Meursault 1er cru, 40 acres Pommard 1er, 50 acres Volnay Village and 3.2 ha in regional appellations.

An official act from the beginning of the 16th century already lists this plot of 52 ouvrées in the former Domaine of the Dukes of Burgundy. The ouvrée, the traditional unit of area in Burgundy, represents the area that a winegrower could take care of alone in one day; there are about 24 ouvrées in a hectare. A veritable enclosure, it covers an area of 2.15 hectares, identical to the 52 ouvrées measured in the 16th century. The soil is strongly calcareous, stony, poor, quite deep and clayey (white marl). The perfect south-east exposure guarantees ideal sunshine. The very steep slope of the vineyard allows very good drainage.

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