Appellations
Premier Cru · Côte de Beaune
Clos des Ducs
Volnay · red · 2.4
A walled monopole behind the domaine at the top of the village.
Under the vines
Steep and very thin, on almost bare limestone, unusually high on the slope.
In the glass
Firmer and more structured than most Volnay, and slower to open.
Why it sits here
The Marquis d'Angerville who owned it fought fraudulent négociant labelling in the 1930s and helped bring the appellation system into being.
Commonly misread
That Volnay is uniformly soft. Clos des Ducs is the village's structural end.
Names worth knowing
Marquis d'Angerville (monopole)