MARQUIS D'ANGERVILLE Volnay 1er Cru 'Clos Des Angles' 2017 Bottle

Description

The 2017 d'Angerville 1er Cru Volnay offers a stunning insight into Burgundy's richness, elegantly crafted from the Pitures and Mitans vineyards. This cuvée excels with charming floral notes of rose petal and violets, intertwined with juicy red berries and a whisper of sweet, round cherries. The palate is medium-bodied, showcasing a delightful balance of supple fruit and fine, chalky tannins, with a subtle hint of oak adding depth. Critics praise its exuberant expressiveness, capturing the essence of Volnay's terroir, elegant yet vibrant, with a playful character. With a drinking window from 2022 to 2027, this wine promises to be a pleasure, offering immediate charm while maintaining the potential for intriguing evolution in the coming years. A truly captivating experience.

*****

DECANTER 93 points
Tasted by: Tim Atkin M (at 2017 En primeur tastings, Burgundy, 01 Nov 2018)
Drinking Window: 2022 - 2027
The d'Angerville premier cru Volnay bottling is a cuvée of Pitures and Mitans, both on the Pommard side of the village. It's a great introduction to the domaine's outstanding line up of wines in 2017: smooth and floral, with subtle 15% oak, some chalky bite and playful red berry flavours.

THE WINE ADVOCATE (91-93) points
Reviewed by: William Kelley
Wafting from the glass with beautiful aromas of rose petal, violets, cherries and raspberries, the 2017 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Angles is medium-bodied, ample and charming, with an exuberantly expressive core of pure, succulent fruit, framed by fine, chalky tannins.

The 2017 portfolio is charming, perfumed and emphatically Volnaysien at the Domaine Marquis d'Angerville, and Guillaume d'Angerville and his team should be very proud of their achievement. The suppleness and charm of the vintage at its best has tempered the muscularity of which the Domaine's more structural wines—Champans, Taillepieds and Clos des Ducs—are capable in firmer, more tight-knit vintages, but these Volnays don't lack depth or concentration. The obvious analogy is with the Domaine's 2007s. Followers of d'Angerville will be familiar with the protocol here: destemmed grapes, classical macerations and élevage in barrels of which 20% are new, older barrels generally being retained for five vintages. While the wines aren't marked by new oak, they aren't quite as backward and slow to evolve as they were in the days of Guillaume d'Angerville's father, and that will be especially true of these 2017s, wines that will in many cases deliver a great deal of pleasure in the near- and medium-term.
Published: Jan 04, 2019

VINOUS (88-90) points
The 2017 Volnay Clos des Angles 1er Cru shows quite a bit of reduction on the nose tasting it from barrel. The palate is more compact than the Volnay Premier Cru, more muscular, although I find it needs a little more grace towards the finish. Give this two or three years once in bottle. - Neal Martin

JANCIS ROBINSON 17 points
Quite a pale rim on transparent garnet. Rather open nose that developed spiciness with time. Very sweet and charming with round red-cherry fruit but without the structure of some. The framework is already well filled-in with fruit in this wine. (JR)