2020 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Volnay Les Champans 1er Cru
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Very fresh and precise. Obviously youthful. Sweet, rich, lively and full of fresh bitter-purple fruit with lots of potential. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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Very bright crimson – much deeper crimson than the 2021. So rich, vibrant and sweet. A very, very different animal from the 2021. Should last much longer and appeal to a wider group of wine lovers. (JR)
A particularly dark crimson. Crackling Volnay fruit dominates this wine that really draws the taster into the glass. Not an obvious wine – you want to get to know it. Big, almost brutal in its apparently impenetrable concentration. A very distinctive character and pretty uncommunicative at this point. Then it all opens up rather splendidly on the very persistent finish. But it is still keeping a great deal in reserve. Very much a wine of the vineyard. (JR)
Aromas of red berries, orange rind, raw cocoa, warm spices and forest floor preface the 2020 Volnay 1er Cru Champans, a medium to full-bodied, rich and structured wine that's firmer and more muscular than the Taillepieds this year. This is one cuvée that is a touch more structured than its 2019 counterpart, and it will require a bit of patience.
About the producer
Marquis d'Angerville is synonymous with the village of Volnay, having long made some of the village’s finest wines. Best known for its Premier Cru monopole vineyard, Clos des Ducs, this estate crafts fine-boned, elegant styles of Pinot Noir – wines that act as standard-bearers for the appellation.