2024, Domaine Marquis d'Angerville, VOLNAY, 1er Cru

Caillerets, Taillepieds, Frémiets and Clos des Angles have been added to the proportion of Pitures, and Mitans retained in their normal place in the 1er Cru blend. Bright fresh cherry, some crunch to the fruit on the palate, pretty red fruit aromatics, plus cherry, and significantly greater length and less volatility. Drink from 2030-2036.
**** 91-93 Jasper Morris MW.

The 2024 Volnay 1er Cru includes fruit from Les Pitures and Mitans as usual plus Fremiets, Taillepieds, Les Angles and Caillerets. The nose is quite open with vivacious red cherry, white-tipped strawberry and orange rind, a touch of iris flower. The palate is medium-bodied with chalky tannins, quite linear and strict, just needing a little fruit to flesh out on the finish that I suspect will happen by the time of bottling. This reads like a greatest hits of Marquis d'Angerville.
89-91 Neal Martin

More reserved and inward at this stage, clearly deeper and more concentrated with greater density and drive. Crisp red fruits, wilted rose, fresh white flowers and a firm, cleansing mineral line. You can feel the imprint of the stonier sites here – the mineral cut of Taillepieds runs through the mid-palate. An enhanced 1er Cru cuvee for 2024.
Justerini & Brooks.