Volnay · Côte de Beaune · Bourgogne
Domaine Marquis d’Angerville
Guillaume & Margot d’Angerville
If one estate encapsulates Volnay, it is d’Angerville. The domaine’s holdings touch every great terroir of the village — including the walled monopole Clos des Ducs — and its wines are, in Clive Coates’ words, “exemplary: pure, terroir specific, elegant and intense.”
Today Guillaume d’Angerville and his daughter Margot lead the estate, farming biodynamically and producing some of the finest wines in the Côte d’Or.
The Domaine
In the 1920s, Sem d’Angerville stood up against the négociants’ corrupt blending practices — and in defiance became one of Burgundy’s first domaines to bottle its own wines. Three generations later, the estate farms just under seventeen hectares: 11.5 in Volnay premier cru, plus parcels in Meursault Santenots and Pommard.
Terroir
The premier cru plots lie on marl-limestone scree, exposed south-east. Steep slopes drain freely, shallow stony soils force roots deep, and the stones return the day’s heat to the fruit.
In the Vines
Biodynamic farming began in 2006, immediately upon Guillaume’s return to the estate, with certification following in 2009.
In the Cellar
All premiers crus are made identically: fully destemmed, macerated eight to ten days with gentle pump-overs and no punch-downs, then aged in roughly 25 percent new oak — a recipe of restraint that lets Volnay speak.
In the Library
The Library currently holds the domaine’s monopole Clos des Ducs — Volnay’s most aristocratic address.