Marquis d'Angerville

Volnay, Clos des Ducs, 1er Cru, 2015

Name: Volnay, Clos des Ducs, 1er Cru
Brand: Marquis d'Angerville
Price: 1375.22 GBP

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Vinous

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2015
6x75cl
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£1,375.22

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Another wine, like Taillepieds, that seems to have become a jot finer and more accessible in its youth over the last couple of vintages. Clos des Ducs always has a touch of brooding mystery to it, only ever offering a glimpse of what lies beneath. And so it is with the 2015, an awe-inspiring effort. Deep, complex, with cooling earth, stone and mineral components at its core, garlanded by such suave bramble, tayberry and loganberry fruit. There is great force and energy here but nothing sticks out. Sophisticated, stylish and noble. One of the great Clos des Ducs. The 52 ‘ouvrees’ or 2.15 hectares that this great Clos vineyard spans, measure exactly the same as in the early part of the 16th century, its earliest recorded mention. The poor soils and steep, well-drained slope of this limestone/ marne vineyard tilts towards the south and the wines typically boast contrasting elegance and structure. Complex and harmonious, they have a great ageing capacity.

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Critic Reviews

95+/100

Stephen Tanzer,

Vinous

Saturated dark red-ruby. Deep, powerful aromas of kirsch, menthol, licorice and dark chocolate, along with a faint musky nuance. Wonderfully rich and enveloping wine, with its distinctly dark fruit flavors accented by pepper and spices. At once dense and energetic owing to its sappy minerality and surprising back-end acidity, this wine is nonetheless a bit of a bruiser, as its fully ripe but serious mouth-clenching tannins are going to need time to resolve. But the wine's impressive salty, mineral-driven persistence suggests that it will be long-lived. (13.5% alcohol; September 6 harvest; 35 h/h produced; 3.36 pH; d'Angerville attributed the unusually dark color of this wine to drought conditions in Volnay from mid-June to early August)

drinking window 2026 - 2040

date of review 10/2019

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