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Marquis d'Angerville, Volnay 1er Cru Champans 2008
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Wonderful lift on the nose, quite exotic with nectarine and peach interwoven amongst the pert red-berried fruit. Very exuberant. Similarly the palate is ripe and zesty with sweet nectarine and apricot, citric acidity but just a little astringency towards the finish. Forward, early drinking but joyful. Drink now-2018. Tasted January 2010.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2008 Volnay Champans 1er Cru has a perfumed nose, just a touch of greenness perhaps, red berry fruit mixed with orange zest. The palate is medium-bodied with a crunchy texture, quite austere and linear, some hardness on the finish perhaps. You kind of miss a little flesh on the finish. I wonder if decanting might have meliorated the showing of this Champans?
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Medium red. Enticing nose offers black cherry, flowers, red licorice and minerals. Suppler and broader but less refined on entry than the Taillepieds, with distinctly darker fruit flavors. Strong acidity ultimately gives this pure wine a youthfully austere character. Finishes with excellent length and spice character. This tight wine calls for five years of cellaring.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Good medium red. Redcurrant, red cherry and spices on the nose. Dry and classic, with its restrained sweetness of fruit currently dominated by the wine's firm structural underpinning. Really saturates the mouth, but doesn't yet show the complexity of the Taillepieds.
Reviewed by: David Schildknecht
Tart cherry, porcini, and game in the nose of the d’Angerville 2008 Volnay Champans lead to a sappy, bright mouthful of vivid red berries underlain by mushroom stock and following up with a saline, umami-rich, saliva-inducing finish. This has the purity and clarity, the brightness and energy that make this vintage so fascinating and appealing – at least to tasters for which these are important virtues. I suspect it will retain its energy for 10-12 years at least. Guillaume d’Angerville and Renaud de Villette had good reason for their upbeat assessment of 2008 quality given the vintage’s travails, notably July hail that ravaged their Champans and parts of their villages and Bourgogne holdings, as well as touching other sites. The hail came too soon in the season, though, to have ill-effects on the eventual health of the fruit, and the team did not start picking until the 27th of September. With the exception of Clos des Ducs and Taillepieds – bottled the week of my April visit, but showing no ill-effects, au contraire – the 2008s were bottled in early March. Importer: Diageo Chateau and Estate Wines Company, New York, NY; tel. (212) 419-1400
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2008 Volnay Champans 1er Cru has a perfumed nose, just a touch of greenness perhaps, red berry fruit mixed with orange zest. The palate is medium-bodied with a crunchy texture, quite austere and linear, some hardness on the finish perhaps. You kind of miss a little flesh on the finish. I wonder if decanting might have meliorated the showing of this Champans?
About the Producer
History Domaine Marquis D'Angerville began in the 19th century. In 1804, Baron du Mesnil, the sub-prefect of Autun in Burgundy commune acquires property Clos des Ducs in Volnay - the heart of the appellation Côte de Beaune. Surrounding areas were formerly part of the famous vineyards of Burgundy Dukes Taillepieds, Caillerets and Champans. After the phylloxera epidemic, devastating vineyards in the late 19th century, the nephew and godson Baron du Mesnil, Marquis Sam d'Arzhenvy begins restoration of historic vineyards, re-planting of Pinot Noir grapes. A staunch supporter of "authentic wines" d'Arzhenvy opposes corrupt wine merchants, whose reputation is not always perfect. He becomes the first manufacturer in the region of bottled wines, independently engaged and their subsequent implementation. Due to its unwavering commitment to quality and authenticity of the products d'Arzhenvy Sam was one of the founders of the National Institute of Origin and Quality (l'Institut National des Appellations d'Origine, (INAO)). Son of Sam d'Arzhenvy Jacques d'Arzhenvy, created his first vintage in 1945, and in 1952 he takes control of the estate. Following the tradition of Domaine Marquis d'Angerville, Jacques convinced that all the great wines are produced directly in the vineyards, and their success depends on the quality and the low yields of old vines. This approach, according to him, is more reasonable and effective than the "green fee" or thinning. Thus, after decades of observations and work on the selection of the best examples of Pinot Noir, the family d'Angerville received special honor to grow Pinot Noir under the naming "Pinot d'Angerville". From 1982 to 1987, Jacques d'Arzhenvy is chairman and honorary president of the Wine Academy of France. Throughout his life he devoted to the creation of the great wines of Volnay. After his father's death in 2003 his son William took control of the estate d'Arzhenvy in their hands, keeping the tradition of the manor transition from generation to generation. Currently he helps agronomist Renaud de Villette, who worked with Jacques d'Arzhenvy for fifteen years.
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