Volnay, Clos des Angles, 1er Cru, 2018

Name: Volnay, Clos des Angles, 1er Cru
Brand: Marquis d'Angerville
Price: 616.73 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2017 2018 2023

justerini & brooks tasting note

Aromatic, generous and alluring. A Volnay of charm and seduction that softly cloaks your palate in silky plum, damson and fresh forest berry fruit. As juicy and sumptuous as it is smooth. Expressive and beautifully weighted. When the chance to purchase vines in this fabulous Clos came up in 2006, Guillaume d'Angerville jumped at the chance, making it the domaine's first vineyard expansion since 1906. The first vintage under its own label was 2008. The vineyard's soil is deep but there is a gentle slope to ensure good drainage.

critic reviews

91-93/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

As usual, the 2018 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Angles is the most immediate and seductive wine in the cellar, bursting with aromas of red berries, cherries, peonies and dried flowers. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, velvety and enveloping, with an ample core of fruit, succulent acids and fine, chalky tannins.

date of review 01/2020

90-92/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2018 Volnay Clos des Angles 1er Cru comes from a vintage after which half the vineyard was uprooted due to the aged vines that were planted in the 1950s. It has quite an intense bouquet of blueberry and wild strawberry fruit, a little more precocious than the Les Fremiets. The pure, poised palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and flavors of black cherry and strawberry pastilles. Very smooth toward the finish, which feels caressing. This Clos des Angles will be approachable and difficult to resist in its youth.

DRINKING WINDOW 2022 - 2038

date of review 01/2020