Domaine Marquis d'Angerville – Volnay Premier Cru Caillerets 2008 – Burgundy France

Caillerets is the most perfumed and lace-like of the d'Angerville premiers crus — the one critics reach for when they want to describe finesse rather than structure. From the Volnay estate that began bottling its own wine in the 1920s as an act of open defiance against the négociants, and a full case of it.

🍷 At a Glance

• Grape: 100% Pinot Noir, from the estate's own massale selection known as Pinot d'Angerville
• Appellation: Volnay Premier Cru Caillerets
• Region: Côte de Beaune, Burgundy
• Vintage: 2008
• Producer: Domaine Marquis d'Angerville
• Estate: Around 17 hectares, roughly 12 of them Volnay premier cru
• Soil: Marl-limestone scree, exposed south-east — the common thread across the domaine's premiers crus
• Farming: Biodynamic conversion begun in 2006 on the advice of Anne-Claude Leflaive
• Vinification: Complete destemming, cold maceration, a 10 to 12 day fermentation with twice-daily pump-overs, then 12 to 18 months in barrel with around 20% new oak
• Serving temperature: 15–17°C
• Style: Dry red wine

👃 Tasting Notes & Experience

• Color: Medium ruby, garnet at the rim
• Nose: Lavender, violet and exotic tea over blackcurrant and poached plum
• Palate: Lacy and delineated, mineral-driven, delicate but with real drive
• Structure: Fine, well-defined tannins carried by the bright acidity of the vintage
• Finish: Firm, classy and long

The d'Angerville name carries genuine weight in Burgundy's history. Sem d'Angerville refused to go along with the blending frauds of the négociant trade in the 1920s and started bottling at the domaine instead, one of the first in the region to do so; the family went on to help build the AOC system itself, and Guillaume d'Angerville, the sixth generation, now presides over the body protecting Burgundy's climats. The house style is precision rather than flash — Clive Coates called these wines pure, terroir-specific, elegant and intense. 2008 was a cool, demanding year that gave high acidity and moderate ripeness, and the successful wines have aged into freshness and definition rather than weight. Caillerets, always the perfumed one, suits that beautifully at seventeen years old.

❤️ Why We Love It

• The most fragrant cru at a domaine that helped invent estate bottling in Burgundy
• Biodynamic farming and a house clone found nowhere else
• A full twelve-bottle case of mature Volnay premier cru

🍽️ Food Pairing Ideas

• Roast poultry, guinea fowl and game birds
• Mushrooms, truffle and root vegetables
• Soft washed-rind cheeses

👤 Who This Wine Is For

✓ Drinkers who want perfume, lift and transparency over power
✓ Anyone wanting a mature Côte de Beaune premier cru ready to open
✕ Not ideal if you want ripeness, flesh and obvious oak