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2005 Volnay 1er Cru Champans

Domaine Marquis d'Angerville, Burgundy & Chablis Wine Region, France

PINOT NOIR, Drinking Now 2030
Bottle shot of 2005 Volnay 1er Cru Champans

2005 Volnay 1er Cru Champans

Domaine Marquis d'Angerville, Burgundy & Chablis Wine Region, France

PINOT NOIR, Drinking Now 2030

Scores

One of the three batches that will be blended to make up d ?Angerville?s 2005 Volnay Champans was still in malo, so I base my assessment on the other two. Scented with cherry and cassis, flowers and fungus, smoke and chalk dust, this displays richness and depth, fine tannins and emerging silkiness, and a youthfully firm but long finish loaded with savory subtleties. Just give it 6-8 years before revisiting. (The outstanding d?Angerville 2004s were also very late to finish malo, and the Champans is especially memorable for its vivid sauteed champignons, alluring ginger spice, marrowy richness, and flattering mouth feel, indeed comparable in quality though lacking the developmental potential of this 2005. As a striking example of mercantile bipolar disorder, I purchased this outstanding 2004 for $49.99 from a merchant whose price on the 2005 thus represented a 350% premium!) The late Jacques d?Angerville?s son Guillaume and long-time wine making collaborator and brother-in-law Renaud de Villette can boast a superb collection of 2005s, but an equally apt tribute to the legacy of the late Marquis are the odds-beating results they bottled from 2004, when to the universal difficulties of that vintage were added the ravages of hail it visited on Volnay. The 2005s fermented with pump-overs but no punch-downs and exhibit formidable underlying structure yet pure fruit and early, flattering textural development. - 91-93 points Robert Parker

Tasting Notes

More intensity and power than one normally expects from the ever charming Champans, this boasts a sweet scent of violets and spring flowers, followed by full, fleshy black fruit flavours. A beautifully fresh, harmonious generous example. Drink from 2009.

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This historic 15 hectare estate is without question the finest red wine estate in the Côte de Beaune. The legacy left by the late, great Jacques d'Angerville is being carried forward in the same authoritative, passionate and committed manner by his son, Guillaume, supported by his brother-in-law Rénaud de Villette and talented régisseur François Duvivier. See More
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