2021 Volnay Village Marquis d'Angerville

From Les Pluchots and Grands Champs. Pretty and fresh mid purple. Supremely elegant, with a really pure stylish red berry fruit on a bed of velvet. The seeming lightness of the vintage has been caressed into gracefulness instead.

The 2021 Volnay Village wafts from the glass with aromas of sweet red berries, petals, orange zest and smoke. Medium to full-bodied, lively and fleshy, with melting tannins that frame a pretty core of delicate, perfumed fruit, it concludes with a saline finish.

(from Les Grands Champs and Les Pluchots). Here too the nose is both elegant and perfumed with a similar fruit profile but with more spice nuances. The utterly delicious lighter weight flavors possess a more sophisticated texture while offering excellent precision on the lightly stony and youthfully austere finale that delivers excellent length. This is lovely though note that it’s firm enough to need at least some patience.

Powerful, savoury notes on the nose, displaying a tannic edge which will need a few more years to soften. Dark cherry and plum fruit interspersed with an autumnal, mushroom character. A more rustic style of Pinot. D'Angerville has just under half a hectare of Volnay villages vineyards.