PnP and slow ox for 45 minutes prior to diner in Burg glasses and btl. Served between 58-62 degrees. Semi translucent red color with ambering edges. Slightly closed on palate for first 15 minutes or so but rapidly fleshed out. Aroma's of berries, spice and abundant forest floor. Palate shows a range of; dark raspberry, dark cherry, spice, mineral and lots of underbrush along with mushroom. At fully 16 years out this is at peak or very close but should roll along nicely for another 5 years+. Balanced, harmonious and classic Volnay with a silky mouthfeel. Perfect weight! Alc 13.5% Dam, I wish I had a couple more of these! Maybe the all round best D'Angerville yet and I have several of the single vineyards 1ers Crus from 02, 05,06,07 & 08. Stopped buying as priced jumped a bunch for the '09s forward. This cuvee 1er Cru ( unnamed 1er Cru) might be a lone qpr point for this highly chased producer?
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Disappointing. I sampled this over the course of hours, and gave it plenty of opportunity to open up with air. Apart of a softening of structure over the course of those hours, there was not much improvement. There was no increasing lift to the fruit, nor any increase in fruit sweetness. The result was a consistently tart and dry palate, highlighted by tea, dryness, and some bottom notes of red fruit and forest floor. Cellaring this wine was a waste.
Not impressed. Purchased on release, and this bottle does not convince that cellaring was worth it. The fruit shows as if it has waned, rather than being in reserve, such that if you told me that it still needs time, I would tell you that it seems that its best days are in the past, and further aging will just thin it out more. Perfectly adequate, but I was expecting more.
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So much more interesting than previous btls. Balanced, harmonious and classic Volnay with a silky mouthfeel. Perfect weight! This was a very smart buy and I'm really happy to have one more in the hopper. No rush but drinking very well right now. Should easily go annother 5yrs plus.
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i would hold this wine longer as this bottle did not show well. none of the sweetness from the pinot fruit and a bit of tartness in the palate. hope it could show better in a few years as right now there was very little to recommend.
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This is far beyond any plumpness of youth, and is not yet into advanced complexity or textural resolution. The palate is firm, with cherry juiciness, cranberry tartness, cinnamon, and, after about five hours of air, deeper darker raspberry notes. The structure is still firm too, and I would hold this longer for the structure to soften some more. While there is good purity to the fruit, the wine still feels firm and in need of more time to soften and relax. With additional textural and structural resolution, I would expect more tertiary complexities and then, this wine should really sing.
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This left some questions marks for me. Is it too soon or, is this starting to loose some fruit? It seemed to have a bit of a drying finish and thiness. I liked the nose. Popped & poured. Probably too early and likely sort of closed is my guess. The cork was in great shape and the btl had no sediment. Try the next one in a year or 3.
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Gary's 50th Birthday (Poesia Restaurant, San Francisco): Talk about penetrating-the aroma here leaped up my nostrils directly into the olfactory center. Pungent sour cherry. Light and tight to begin with-licorice, blackberry, and soil. Then it added just a bit of flesh and a glimpse of sweetness. Very Angerville in its uncompromising, pure style. Will benefit from more time in bottle.
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I opened this after reading a positive note. Yes, this wine is drinking well but if you do open one please give it a few hours of decanting. The wine is so young now but it is seems to be on the edge of surging forward as evidenced by the change for the better with decanting. Upon opening the wine was pretty closed down. With swirling the initially closed nose started to smell of under-ripe cherries and red fruit. The nose then added a spicey dimension with some clove and cocoa. The palate showcased the purity and silkiness I find in d'Angerville. The fruit is a little crunchy yet has a succulence and savoriness that keeps your interest. Yes, this wine is from Volnay. The winemaking seems to take a back seat to place and I find this wine to be transparent and exiciting. I can only imagine how good the other sites will be. This wine should only get better from here.
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Popped and poured. Deep ruby, no hint of lightening at the rim. Beautiful nose of sour cherries spice and earth. Has a great sense of minerality. In the mouth it has great acidity and still a lot of tannins. Good long finish. I imagine it will gain more complexity over time but still a very enjoyable drink now.
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Probably needs a 2 - 3 more years, took about 30 minutes to open up a little, but still tight with a subdued nose, pure, light to medium bodied with the tannins still very prominent along with cherries on a long finish. An outstanding Volnay in the making.
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Exceptionally silky and light on its feet with vibrant fruit, but may add depth and complexity with age. Drank with dinner. Best to wait another 1-2 years, but an excellent bottle of wine.
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Medium cherry color with a fairly pale rim. Reticent at first, but with air a tight red cherry, currant and smokey nose emerged, with a touch of iodine aromas. Juicy and mouthfilling on the palate-- smoky cherries, rasberries, spice and significant minerals. Light as air quality to the wine, but focused and sharp flavors, good acidity and integrated tannins give it quite a palate impact. Minerals and red cherries linger sweetly on the long finish. The nose keeps the score on this back some, but it's a very young wine with years of evolution. If drinking now, 2+ hours of air is recommended.
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Jeff & Lisa’s: Very tasty notes of cherry, hint cranberry, along with cola, and blackberry underneath, hint earthy mineerals in back; lighter bod-but so elegant and feminine, light and silky; very good acidity balance and nice finish. Not a rich wine, but well-bal.
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The board was right on this one, it's drinking great right now. Sweet red fruit and nice mineral complexity on the nose. Light as air on the palate but deep and long. This took about an hour of air to come together.
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I've often been tempted to open one of my 2002 d'Angerville Volnays but have refrained knowing that the Clos des Ducs is probably extremely backward and that the Taillepieds will also benefit from patience. So when I saw this bottle in a local store today, I promptly picked it up as I imagined it would give me a good taste of d'Angerville in this vintage without sacrificing one of my better bottles.
It was a good choice - this is a deliciously pure wine that is open and enjoyable now yet has enough stuffing to improve for several years. The soaringly pure red fruit on the nose is a dead ringer for Chambolle, but the specific type of minerality is definitely Volnay and not Chambolle. There is a tantalizing note of smoky complexity on the back end too. Excellent.
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10/20/2018 - chablis28 wrote: 94 Points
PnP and slow ox for 45 minutes prior to diner in Burg glasses and btl. Served between 58-62 degrees. Semi translucent red color with ambering edges. Slightly closed on palate for first 15 minutes or so but rapidly fleshed out. Aroma's of berries, spice and abundant forest floor. Palate shows a range of; dark raspberry, dark cherry, spice, mineral and lots of underbrush along with mushroom. At fully 16 years out this is at peak or very close but should roll along nicely for another 5 years+. Balanced, harmonious and classic Volnay with a silky mouthfeel. Perfect weight! Alc 13.5% Dam, I wish I had a couple more of these! Maybe the all round best D'Angerville yet and I have several of the single vineyards 1ers Crus from 02, 05,06,07 & 08. Stopped buying as priced jumped a bunch for the '09s forward. This cuvee 1er Cru ( unnamed 1er Cru) might be a lone qpr point for this highly chased producer?
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10/4/2014 - Pknut wrote:
Disappointing. I sampled this over the course of hours, and gave it plenty of opportunity to open up with air. Apart of a softening of structure over the course of those hours, there was not much improvement. There was no increasing lift to the fruit, nor any increase in fruit sweetness. The result was a consistently tart and dry palate, highlighted by tea, dryness, and some bottom notes of red fruit and forest floor. Cellaring this wine was a waste.
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5/11/2013 - Pknut wrote:
Not impressed. Purchased on release, and this bottle does not convince that cellaring was worth it. The fruit shows as if it has waned, rather than being in reserve, such that if you told me that it still needs time, I would tell you that it seems that its best days are in the past, and further aging will just thin it out more. Perfectly adequate, but I was expecting more.
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4/14/2013 - chablis28 wrote: 92 Points
So much more interesting than previous btls. Balanced, harmonious and classic Volnay with a silky mouthfeel. Perfect weight! This was a very smart buy and I'm really happy to have one more in the hopper. No rush but drinking very well right now. Should easily go annother 5yrs plus.
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9/30/2012 - KVM wrote: 90 Points
Bright medium red. Fruit smells and tastes fresh. Very lively and has several very good years ahead of it
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3/6/2012 - carlwhat wrote:
i would hold this wine longer as this bottle did not show well. none of the sweetness from the pinot fruit and a bit of tartness in the palate. hope it could show better in a few years as right now there was very little to recommend.
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3/4/2012 - Pknut wrote:
This is far beyond any plumpness of youth, and is not yet into advanced complexity or textural resolution. The palate is firm, with cherry juiciness, cranberry tartness, cinnamon, and, after about five hours of air, deeper darker raspberry notes. The structure is still firm too, and I would hold this longer for the structure to soften some more. While there is good purity to the fruit, the wine still feels firm and in need of more time to soften and relax. With additional textural and structural resolution, I would expect more tertiary complexities and then, this wine should really sing.
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6/6/2011 - chablis28 wrote: 88 Points
This left some questions marks for me. Is it too soon or, is this starting to loose some fruit? It seemed to have a bit of a drying finish and thiness. I liked the nose. Popped & poured. Probably too early and likely sort of closed is my guess. The cork was in great shape and the btl had no sediment. Try the next one in a year or 3.
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11/6/2010 - drwine2001 wrote:
Gary's 50th Birthday (Poesia Restaurant, San Francisco): Talk about penetrating-the aroma here leaped up my nostrils directly into the olfactory center. Pungent sour cherry. Light and tight to begin with-licorice, blackberry, and soil. Then it added just a bit of flesh and a glimpse of sweetness. Very Angerville in its uncompromising, pure style. Will benefit from more time in bottle.
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10/14/2010 - Roberto_1 wrote: 91 Points
I opened this after reading a positive note. Yes, this wine is drinking well but if you do open one please give it a few hours of decanting. The wine is so young now but it is seems to be on the edge of surging forward as evidenced by the change for the better with decanting. Upon opening the wine was pretty closed down. With swirling the initially closed nose started to smell of under-ripe cherries and red fruit. The nose then added a spicey dimension with some clove and cocoa. The palate showcased the purity and silkiness I find in d'Angerville. The fruit is a little crunchy yet has a succulence and savoriness that keeps your interest. Yes, this wine is from Volnay. The winemaking seems to take a back seat to place and I find this wine to be transparent and exiciting. I can only imagine how good the other sites will be. This wine should only get better from here.
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6/25/2010 - jlemerond wrote: 92 Points
consistent notes.
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6/25/2010 - Serge Birbrair wrote:
Leaked bottle, but wine was intact. Opened better than the wine was at the end of the dinner, maybe it did suffer some damage, who knows?
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5/18/2010 - Serge Birbrair wrote:
Ruby color, clear, firm tannins and developed nose, but still need time in the bottle IMHO.
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1/27/2010 - darvid wrote:
Dried cherries, dried cranberries, dried rose petals, anise and caraway. More, please.
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11/19/2009 - JimHow wrote: 90 Points
Light on its feet, lots of ripe cherries, elegant, perhaps fades a bit in the end but a lovely Burgundy nonetheless.
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8/18/2009 - olm2000 wrote:
more muted than last bottle...not sure what to make of it
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5/11/2009 - jlemerond wrote: 92 Points
Popped and poured. Deep ruby, no hint of lightening at the rim. Beautiful nose of sour cherries spice and earth. Has a great sense of minerality. In the mouth it has great acidity and still a lot of tannins. Good long finish. I imagine it will gain more complexity over time but still a very enjoyable drink now.
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3/21/2009 - Federsin wrote:
Probably needs a 2 - 3 more years, took about 30 minutes to open up a little, but still tight with a subdued nose, pure, light to medium bodied with the tannins still very prominent along with cherries on a long finish. An outstanding Volnay in the making.
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2/2/2009 - olm2000 wrote: 91 Points
very transparent effort...pretty red fruit and minerals on nose, this is Volnay!...balanced with good length
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2/1/2009 - PopPop wrote: 90 Points
Exceptionally silky and light on its feet with vibrant fruit, but may add depth and complexity with age. Drank with dinner. Best to wait another 1-2 years, but an excellent bottle of wine.
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8/27/2008 - lbrent wrote: 92 Points
Light as air. Spice/cherry nose with bracing (refreshing) acidity - delicate.
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3/1/2006 - winefool wrote:
Full red. Medium aroma of black/red fruit. Tight acidic red fruit. 3/06
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2/27/2006 - bsherwin wrote:
Either slightly corked or way backward. I think it's the former. Ugh.
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1/29/2006 - PBaird wrote: 88 Points
Medium cherry color with a fairly pale rim. Reticent at first, but with air a tight red cherry, currant and smokey nose emerged, with a touch of iodine aromas. Juicy and mouthfilling on the palate-- smoky cherries, rasberries, spice and significant minerals. Light as air quality to the wine, but focused and sharp flavors, good acidity and integrated tannins give it quite a palate impact. Minerals and red cherries linger sweetly on the long finish. The nose keeps the score on this back some, but it's a very young wine with years of evolution. If drinking now, 2+ hours of air is recommended.
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12/31/2005 - peternelson wrote: 90 Points
Jeff & Lisa’s: Very tasty notes of cherry, hint cranberry, along with cola, and blackberry underneath, hint earthy mineerals in back; lighter bod-but so elegant and feminine, light and silky; very good acidity balance and nice finish. Not a rich wine, but well-bal.
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10/14/2005 - jlm wrote:
The board was right on this one, it's drinking great right now. Sweet red fruit and nice mineral complexity on the nose. Light as air on the palate but deep and long. This took about an hour of air to come together.
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9/12/2005 - DChan wrote:
I've often been tempted to open one of my 2002 d'Angerville Volnays but have refrained knowing that the Clos des Ducs is probably extremely backward and that the Taillepieds will also benefit from patience. So when I saw this bottle in a local store today, I promptly picked it up as I imagined it would give me a good taste of d'Angerville in this vintage without sacrificing one of my better bottles.
It was a good choice - this is a deliciously pure wine that is open and enjoyable now yet has enough stuffing to improve for several years. The soaringly pure red fruit on the nose is a dead ringer for Chambolle, but the specific type of minerality is definitely Volnay and not Chambolle. There is a tantalizing note of smoky complexity on the back end too. Excellent.
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4/10/2005 - Ben Andersen wrote:
2002 Red Burgundy - Sunday of The Masters (Richmond, Virginia): Did not show well tonight. A bit raisiny. Fruit not as fresh as it might have been. Not a good showing...
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