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"The historic d’Angerville estate was one of the earliest domaine bottlers in Burgundy, and its wines have amassed a stellar track record inside and outside France since the 1930s. Since Guillaume d’Angerville took over, top grower Burgundies have been elevated in stature..." - Antonio Galloni

We have a crazy offer of 2022-2024 burgs from d'Angerville today, including rare large formats!  Quantities are just 1to 6 bts of each.  Pay close attention to the details written below on the Volnay 1er cru 2024, which for the first time includes fruit from 3 of their top 1er cru sites!

 

 

Fall means more Burgundy is arriving!! Today we offer one of the most heralded & historic Burgundy houses on record-- Domaine Marquis d'Angerville. The 2024 vintage is here, and the reds are characterized by ethereal aromatics, elegance, transparency and are through and through--very Burgundian.  Alcohols are lower than 2023 and the reds are more delicate.  Love that. Yields were also very smallI, so not a lot of wine to go around. For white wines, 2024 is being called one of the greats, comaring it to 2014.  They are classic, mineral, energetic wines, with tension, finesse and terroir, that should age beautifully.

D'Angerville has a lengthy history, starting at about the 15th century with their famous "Clos des Ducs" vineyard, recognized one of the top 1er cru sites in Volnay.  (Clos des Ducs is this old as a recognized site, but was replanted in the early 1900s by Sem d'Angerville after the Phylloxera epidemic. Through the centuries the reigns have been passed down, but one of the most coveted stories of the domain, is in the 1930s, Burgundy took a hit to it's reputation when the negociants who sold Burgundy in bulk were quietly blending syrah and riper grapes from the south in to "beef up" the wines.  Purchasers were deceived and started refusing the wines, thus started the movement to establish a higher level of quality and regain trust.  It was none other than Sem d'Angerville who took it upon himself to refuse to sell his wine to the negociants for resale and was the first estate in Burgundy to bottle their own wines.  This is a big reason why to this day we see the phrase "mis en bouteille au domaine" on French wines--letting everyone know the wine is in fact estate-bottled. Shortly after this, Sem and the Henri Gouges--another Iconic producer, were asked to develop the famous hierarchy of Burgundy vineyards, which they completed in 1935 with the creation of the Appellation d’Origin Controlée (AOC) system.  Along with that came another piece of Burgundian history: "When d’Angerville and Gouges were mandated to devise the Burgundy classification, they publicly announced that there would be no grand crus in their home villages of Volnay and Nuits-Saint-Georges, so that they could not be accused of taking advantage of their mission to advance their own interests."

If you care to read a long story on the history of d'Angerville, Clos des Ducs, and Burgundy, Vinous has an amazing article here.
A brief overview of Marquis d'Angerville:

Domaine Marquis D`Angerville consists of 13.5 hectares of vineyards, which includes holdings in no fewer than 8 Volnay 1er crus and smaller holdings in Pommard and Meursault.  In the 1920s the Marquis d`Angerville was one of Burgundy's true pioneers - he fought corruption and indifference to quality, which at the time was rife amongst Beaune merchants, and was one of the first producers to initiate estate bottling. Jacques d`Angerville took over the reins in 1952 and has over the years steadily refined the practices both in the vineyard and in the cellar. François Duvivier was appointed to run the vineyards and the winemaking in 2005.

Today the wines are exemplary, and the key seems to be low yields, a high average vine age and a very judicious use of new oak in the élevage. The wines are remarkably long-lived and some of the most sought-after in the Côte D'Or. The estate is now fully converted to biodynamics.  Jacques D’Angerville’s non-interventionist winemaking, learned from his father, allowed their fine terroirs to be fully expressed. As he told Allen Meadows, “I want to do as little as possible to the wine. I want low yields and no signature.” After complete destemming, fermentation lasted 10 to 12 days, with a 12 to 18-month élévage in largely used barrels.  To extract fine tannins, the cap was kept moist by twice-daily pump overs. Such methods not only brought out the crus’ inherent nobility; they created wines of perfect balance and great aging ability.

The d'Angerville wines are old school Burgundies through and through--rustic, pure, haunting, edgy, but elegant, intense but filigreed. Despite a very difficult growing season for Pinot Noir, the 2024 vintage turned out much better than the vintage itself. The estate did severe sorting, and the wines are classic, old-school Volnay: translucent, red-fruited perfume, high-toned acidity, fine tannins, delicacy and precision over power.

The big story is what happened with the premiers crus in 2024, and I love when this happens when a vintage gives low yields, producers will blend their best vineyards into one wine...

D’Angerville normally bottles Taillepieds, Frémiets, Clos des Angles and Caillerets premier crus separately, but in 2024 those wines were not released individually. The surviving lots were blended into the Volnay 1er Cru, along with the usual Mitans and Pitures components. But Champans and Clos des Ducs were strong enough to remain separate bottlings.  So with the Volnay 1er Cru, you are getting a blend 4 premier cru sites.

In addition to the 2024s, we are also offer a smattering of 2022 and 2023 reds and whites, in 750s and rare magnum formats

All Prices are discounted heavily to some of the lowest prices in the US.  Quantities are very small, with just 1 to 6 bts of each and just 1 magnum of each..  
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