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2010 Marquis d'Angerville Volnay Champans

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April 28, 2024 - $200

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RATINGS

94-96The Wine Advocate

Wafts from the glass with an ethereal, nearly weightless personality that is hard to describe. There is plenty of length and sensuality...delicate, feminine and flat-out beautiful.

94+ Stephen Tanzer

Sappy, intense and vibrant yet silky too, with an exhilarating rose petal quality to its red berry and mineral flavors; really captures the inner-mouth tension and precision of the vintage.

94Burghound.com

Fresh and elegant nose of a plenitude of floral notes along with a ripe mix of red berries and iron, stone and earth hints.. good power and excellent complexity to the wonderfully well-delineated medium weight flavors

90Wine Spectator

A combination of cherry and berry fruit with sweet spice notes highlights this elegant, linear red. Balanced and sleek, offering a lingering aftertaste of fruit, spice and savory mineral accents.

17.5Jancis Robinson

Really perfumed. What a charmer! Great combination of structure and flesh. You can see the bones here but also masses of fruit in between. Finishes light and fresh.

REGION

France, Burgundy, Côte d'Or, Côte de Beaune, Volnay, Champans

Volnay is a small appellation with just 904 vineyard acres and a town of fewer than 500 residents. Nevertheless, to Burgundy enthusiasts, it's a jewel. Clive Coates calls Volnay “one of the most delightful wines and one of the most rewarding communes in the Côte d’Or.” Robert M. Parker Jr. described Volnay as “the queen of the Côte de Beaune.” Volnay has always been appealing. In the 13th and 14th centuries the powerful Dukes of Burgundy acquired land there and built chateaux. The medieval town sits on the hillside above the vineyards and the appellation is restricted to red wines made of Pinot Noir. Though there are no Grands Crus, there are 35 Premiers Crus. Some reviewers say the lighter soil of Volnay, compared with Pommard to the north, makes Volnay wines more delicate and elegant than wines from neighboring appellations. Robert M. Parker Jr. wrote that Volnay has a “high-quality level of winemaking…The top Volnays possess an immense, seductive fruitiness and lushness…”

TYPE

Red Wine, Pinot Noir, 1er (Premier) Cru

This red wine is relatively light and can pair with a wide variety of foods. The grape prefers cooler climates and the wine is most often associated with Burgundy, Champagne and the U.S. west coast. Regional differences make it nearly as fickle as it is flexible.