Marquis d’Angerville 2020: A Grand Tour through a Little Village

To taste the full range of wines of the Domaine Marquis d’Angerville is to stroll through Volnay, albeit with a step over the invisible border with Pommard and an accidental stumble on the pathway to Meursault. Volnay’s two neighbouring villages are well within the ambit of a post-prandial saunter. The Meursault Santenots vineyard could in any case be considered more of a Volnay vineyard than a Meursault one since, apart from the 1.05ha/2.59 acres of Chardonnay cultivated by Marquis d’Angerville, it is otherwise entirely planted to Pinot Noir. Pommard Combes Dessus, likewise, being on the Volnay side of Pommard, is not a vineyard that particularly expresses the rougher, gruffer, tougher character that Pommard is known for. It’s more like another stray Volnay.