Volnay’s Walled Monopole Masterpiece
2020 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Clos des Ducs Volnay MAGNUM
In the 1920s, Sem d'Angerville accused the négociants of fraud for blending Volnay with cheaper wine, and he answered by bottling his own and selling it himself, one of the first in Burgundy ever to do it. Rousseau and Gouges followed. Every grower label you love today exists because Sem won that fight. Clos des Ducs is the family's walled monopole, 2.15 hectares climbing from the top of the village on white marl, the highest cru they own, its borders unchanged for 500 years, biodynamic since 2…
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Iconic 2.15-hectare monopole
Collector 1.5L magnum format
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Tasting notes
Aroma
Highly perfumed and expansive on the nose, opening with wild strawberry, red cherry, and rose petals before unfolding into incense, orange peel, sweet spice, and forest floor.
Palate
Impeccably poised and compact on the palate. Concentrated raspberry and dark berry fruit weave into fine-grained mineral tannins and vibrant natural acidity, finishing on an exceptionally long, floral-accented length.
Red Wine Body Profile
Light
Bold
Body Profile
Delicate
40/100 Intensity
Light
Bold
40.0/100
Feather-light
Delicate
Lifted
Structured
Deep
Grapes
100% Pinot Noir
ABV
13.5%
Serving
55–60°F
Window
2025–2080
In Detail
Steep two-hectare white marl monopole producing Volnay’s most aristocratic, age-worthy Pinot Noir
In the 1920s, Sem d'Angerville accused the négociants of fraud for blending Volnay with cheaper wine, and he answered by bottling his own and selling it himself, one of the first in Burgundy ever to do it. Rousseau and Gouges followed. Every grower label you love today exists because Sem won that fight.
Clos des Ducs is the family's walled monopole, 2.15 hectares climbing from the top of the village on white marl, the highest cru they own, its borders unchanged for 500 years, biodynamic since 2009. The 2020 came off the vines around August 23. Jancis Robinson called it "majestic," William Kelley found it the freshest of the great 2018 to 2020 trio.
A magnum is how collectors buy wines with 40+ year windows, because the big format ages slowest and shows best at the far end. This is the bottle for a 2040 birthday, a 2050 anniversary, or the night the kid you just had turns 21. For lovers of powerful, opulent Volnay, this is a showpiece mag.
